The late Summer of 2000 was my first visit to Paris. What better to capture Paris? An image of the Eiffel Tower in 2000. It was just a few minutes before midnight when the Eiffel Tower is lit like a Christmas tree, with the revolving laser at the top. The show died down just after midnight. An apt finale for my first night in the City of Lights and Romance.

This was taken late September, so that the show of lights was not as dazzling as that during the New Year of 2000. Nonetheless, it was spectacular. This must have been a unique feature in 2000 because the second time I visited Paris in 2001, the Eiffel Tower was no longer lit as shown in the image. It was as usual quite a sight, but then again, the first time, like everything in life is etched in your mind quite differently.