Overnight, Paris underwent a most magnificent transformation.
I got up really early this morning, put on layers of clothes and headed out when it was still dark outside. The plan was to get to a couple of spots within the city where snow would not be cleared away too quickly, and while they were tourist-free. I should have a good couple of hours to try to grab some photos of a Parisian winter wonderland.
![First stop, la Tour Eiffel January snow in Paris](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8395067061_f22eaac3db_z.jpg)
![The park of Champ de Mars January snow in Paris](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8395065887_28f67af9f1_z.jpg)
![Guess which direction the snow was falling from January snow in Paris](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8395066351_2ca78aec17_z.jpg)
![The day is just about to begin January snow in Paris](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8396148934_2f8ffec04f_z.jpg)
![Glowing sky lacked clear sunrise January snow in Paris](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8395064757_66d1606ccc_z.jpg)
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It has been a good many years since I last ascended the Eiffel Tower. If I recall correctly, the last time I went up would be in 2004 with Beejay (his 21st birthday present; a trip to Europe from Andrew and I!) but Andrew assured me it would have been 2006 when he was visiting Paris with me and his then new wife. Either way, 6 years, 8 years, those were a lifetime away. Fast forward and what do you know – us three siblings visiting anew together, them with spouses and kid in tow!
![That side of the Eiffel Tower rarely photographed](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7125/8168771836_c2fd0d59ce_z.jpg)
Given the fame of the Iron Lady, to have each deck of the tower filled with visitors is nothing new. But the number of pushy “photographers” trying to jostle for a spot of their favourite views, that’s a whole new level of crazy. It mattered not to them that they were pushing aside a lady carrying a young child but luckily my niece is pretty much the zen-kind of little girl, so she just looked at them curiously then got back to surveying her surroundings.
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