Eiffel Tower

You just never know what you’ll see when you look at the Eiffel Tower. Normally it is a taupe color that turns to light golden with the lights at night. Last year they changed the lights to blue for six months in celebration of France being the president of the European Union. It sparkled blue with gold stars to mimic the European flag at night.


So, I wasn’t too surprised the other evening to see that the top part of the tower that we can see from our apartment window was a stark white instead of golden. The lights were placed to almost look like they were spiraling around the tower. But, an even bigger surprise came when we walked over to the tower and the legs were red!!! Why, we wondered.

Well, it was a gesture by the Paris Municipality to welcome the Turkish President Abdullah Gul when he arrived on October 6 to attend the opening of the exhibition “Istanbul through the Ages” which is being held at the Grand Palais.


The red/white lights lasted 6 days and now they are back to the comfortable light gold at night. What color will they be next???