Toronto mans adventure with Elizabeth Gallagher reaches Eiffel Tower

PARISAs caf patios lay empty and the streets bare on a freezing Sunday evening in the City of Love, two Canadians hurried through the French capitals back alleys on a mission.

It was almost 10:45 p.m., the Eiffel Tower was closing in 15 minutes, and the two, fresh off a plane from Prague, were intent on being atop the famed monument before its sparkling lights came on for the last time that night even if it meant dodging cars to get there.

Toronto businessman Jordan Axani, 28, marched briskly ahead of companion Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher, 23, barely pausing for stoplights.

The two chance travellers, who have become household names since Axani reached out on social media last month for another Elizabeth Gallagher to join him on a trip around the world after he and his girlfriend of the same name split, made it to the base of the tower in the nick of time.

As they thundered up the lift, they told a Star reporter tagging along how, eight days into their journey, theyve become accustomed to barrelling through cities.

Their adventure began with a mad dash through New Yorks John F. Kennedy airport to make a flight to Italy. Then Gallagher narrowly missed a train to Venice that Axani nearly got thrown off because his ticket was in his partners pocket.

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Jordan Axani and Elizabeth "Quinn" Gallagher rushed to the Eiffel Tower after arriving in Paris from Prague.

There was a lost iPhone in Milan, an exploding neck pillow in New York and a text Gallagher sent Axani in Vienna that read: I got locked in the stairs, help. A night or two later it happened again: she got stuck in a Prague bathroom, leading to more teasing.

But when you find yourself globetrotting with a stranger, they say, its hard not to pick up on each others habits.

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