Tour Eiffel Panorama

Another shot of the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris on a beautiful Autumn morning.
This view is from the Champs de Mars where the Peace monument is. The place was still empty with few tourists wandering around.

I don't know about you but I've met many people who dislike the Eiffel Tower, finding it ugly and breaking the charm of Ol' Paris.
I personally find it beautiful and a marvelous piece of architecture. I especially enjoy it when the tower sparkles for a minute every hour at night.

Have you ever been to Paris to visit the Tower? Do you like it or do you find it ugly and intrusive?

Pere Lachaise - City of the Dead

Pere Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris and probably the most famous and visited cemetery in the world. Originally established by Napoleon I in 1804, it is "home" to some of the most famous French and foreign personalities.
I visited the cemetery in winter walking along the cold alleys swept by a chilling wind. The light was really beautiful, and the place was deserted.
It felt like wandering in a huge city of the dead with all those famous names staring up at me from the crumbling and forgotten stones.

Golden Bliss

I grew up in a Gulf country and till today, Autumn still amazes me with its colors because it has been a season I barely knew.

I had my share of beautiful colors when I traveled through Spain and France (photo above).

This photo was taken in Paris, in the "Jardin des Plantes" (Botanical garden?). A lovely place with also so much to learn about plants and climates.

Enjoy!

"Every Leaf speaks Bliss to me, fluttering from the Autumn tree"

~ Emily Bronte ~

Autumn Leaves

I want an end like autumn leaves

That gracefully depart the tree

A Life beyond the edge of branch

My season reached, a freedom's chance.

To drift upon a breeze refined

Descending toward my Life's design.

To welcome all these changes sown

From light received to splendor shown.

And when I've reached my place of rest

I hope my life, by then shines best.

As I depart this withered shell

With peaceful colors chosen well.

Photo taken in Paris, Jardin de Luxembourg .. Poem author unknown.

La Flute

"To him no vain regrets belong

Whose soul, that finer instrument,

Gave to the world no poor lament,

But wood-notes ever sweet and strong.

O lonely friend! he still will be

A potent presence, though unseen,

Steadfast, sagacious, and serene;

Seek not for him -- he is with thee."

~ Louisa May Alcott ~

(Photo taken in the Jardin de Luxembourg in Paris - France).