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A red Eiffel Tower? How strange!

Look closely- you'll see it's made of chairs!

I have to admit, I was surprised!

If you look closely you can see it's made up of chairs

If you look closely, you can see it’s made up of stacked chairs.  So clever!

It was built to celebrate the Eiffel Tower’s 125th birthday and is made up of 324 garden chairs. Our 25 years seemed almost insignificant by comparison.

It's currently down on Paris Plage

The red tower is currently down on Paris Plage

While the 'real' tower sparkles distantly

While the ‘real’ tower sparkles in the distance

It can still look quite small, depending where you stand

It can still look quite small, depending on where you stand

But my favourite images are watery ones

But my favourite images are watery ones

The fountains playing bring out the child in me

The fountains playing bring out the child in me

And I want to play in all that water

And I want to play with all that water!

Thank you for all the kind and wonderful wishes we received last weekend.  As you can see from the dramatic skies, we had a mix of weather, but Paris sparkled for us.  And on our return home, a huge bouquet arrived from my lovely lady friends.

I hope this weekend brings a little sparkle into your lives.  Please don’t forget to share it with Cate at Show My Face.

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  4. LOVE the perspective from the Trocadéro with the statue in the foreground. How cool is that shot! And I love seeing what art work there is in Paris, always surprising. I really need to go there more often – as in every year!!! How was the apartment? And I look forward to seeing Giverny, naturally.

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    1. I need about 15 posts to cover it all, Jude, so some of the stories may never get told 🙂 Four flights up circular wooden stairs and no lift but it was like being at home. I really liked it. A little dilapidated, or should I say ‘lived in’ but with such nice character. And a heap of books on the shelves that I didn’t have time to read.
      It was in Rue Tiquetonne near Les Halles so not as smart as the Marais but probably better suited to me and Mick 🙂

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  6. Welcome home,Jo. The red chair tower is really quite clever. I hope it is up when we go in early Sept. Your pictures are great and love the angle from “behind” the statue. Do I need to pack cool weather clothes and rain jacket. Looking forward to more on your trip.

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    1. Thanks, Lynne 🙂 The weather was a bit of a surprise to me. I was expecting warm and sticky and it was quite cool at times (though much warmer than my bit of the UK right now). The leaves were already changing colour in Paris so it may be an early Autumn. It’s been a very strange year for weather!
      There was a Daily Telegraph article on the red tower which I meant to include as a link. It started out on Champ de Mars in June for the 125th and I’m assuming it’ll stay on the embankment till Paris Plage finishes at the end of August. You might have to Google it because I don’t know after that. 😦

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  7. Looks as though you enjoyed Paris and love that red Eiffel Tower, I read somewhere that the original colour of the tower was red and much nicer than the grey brown it is today. The fountains look amazing, wonderful to be among them during the warmer months.

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  9. Wow, stunningly beautiful images of an ugly piece of iron, really. I love that you saw the tour from the fountains side too, because a lot of visitors miss that angle, which is the most beautiful one.
    That area where the fountains are is name after a Swedish King; Gustaf V.
    My favorite is the one with the statue in the foreground, fantastic capture. You have a truly good eye for angles and details. Is this your old camera???? Excellent team work.

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      1. 1000 images …. you’re worse than me *smile
        Good on you – that makes you more open eyed and imaginable.
        Can you image you and me together with our cameras – the destination of ours needs to rest after our departure

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      2. I still haven’t looked into Belfast but I might 🙂 Daren’t spend any more money just yet. We’re in the Algarve in a couple of weeks and then I’m off to Nottingham to see Lisa (which always costs 🙂 🙂 but she’s worth it). You’re off to Chicago soon, aren’t you? Fantastic!

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      3. Beflast will be there for years to come … I’m glad to read that your going to Algrave soon. I would love to visit Algrave when you are there, maybe next year …. Chicago, 2nd of Sept. Only weeks away.
        I can image you’re looking forward to visit Lisa … and I think there is no pricetag as such on that visit. *smile

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  13. Lovely photos Jo! Eiffel Tower is awesome and celebrating your special anniversary in Paris is certainly a perfect choice! Have a relax weekend Jo, trust you will have a good one 🙂

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  14. Fountains and statue are the winners for me this time – that lovely unexpected perspective that makes a photo special. And of course, the sky. What’s it like to be home, and to have marked a milestone so gloriously?

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