Growing up sugar-coated with Hollywood spiels, the Eiffel Tower is an omnipresent structure that is supposed to make people swoon and weak in the knees. It’s been made out to be a symbol of romance, the site for many enchanting proposals. For reasons unknown, that failed on me. “Meh” I thought with no more surprise than stepping on a carelessly left-behind dog turd.
And then I came across this unusual phenomenon called “The Paris Syndrome”. Now this got my attention about the French capital.
They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. The fact that Europe is 9720 kilometers from Japan, Asians tend to have an inflated view of all things French.