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  • Day 13

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    May 31, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Not too sure about this one.
    In each room there is a TV and the first channel is the bow camera. This is especially nice if 'one is in one's cabin' during sailing. The picture of it here shows how close we are 'parked' to the tower. The tower is lit in the evening and as it grew darker, the tower appeared brighter.
    We were given a heads up from our cruise director that there is a light show every hour, on the hour. A group of us went 'up top' just before 10pm to view this spectacular. Sure enough, right on time, it started.
    It seems there is a string of very bright white lights down each corner edge of the tower and these were flashing furiously. I took a video, but photos just come out very glary.
    In my mind I have an image of the Eiffel Tower. It really is nice that it is lit in the evening. BUT while watching the 'light show' couldn't help but think that this icon has been turned into a bloody big sparkler - very crass.
    As the show finished, a waitress from the bar arrived. The cruise director had ordered schnapps for us.
    A votre sante - Cheers!
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