A couple pose for a photo with the Eiffel Tower in the background during Valentine's day, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

Unbeknownst to her, Larry did the same, and also sketched a simple, stick figure-style picture of the Eiffel Tower. Both Anita and Larry knew they wanted to remember this time in Paris.

(CNN) — It wasn’t an obvious day to climb the Eiffel Tower. It was the end of November, 1989. Overcast and cold, with clouds obscuring the city. Anita Hansen, then in her early 20s, was studying ...