"Mousseux La Tour Eiffel" (2011)
After walking around the Champs de Mars and Jardin du Trocadéro, I decided to take a sunset boat tour of the River Seine. My timing could not have been more perfect. I boarded the boat with my companions right before dusk, which comes and goes quickly in Paris during the early Fall. As we drifted up and down the river, the city began to turn it’s lights on.
The buildings on both sides of the River Seine are expertly lit to highlight the best bits of each structure. The National Museums and Galleries, governmental buildings, and even the Notre Dame are more breathtaking at night than they are in the day. But nothing shines quite so nicely as La Tour Eiffel, which literally sparkles. For the first ten minutes of each hour, the Eiffel Tower turns on the sparkling light display that was installed for the millennium celebration. As the tower’s lights and sparkles reflect off the surface of the River Siene, it is difficult to not be enchanted.
