Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice tour, Douglas. And you saved the best one for last! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>; <leicareflex at freelists.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:13 AM Subject: [Leica] IMG (BW): Berlin - Railway and subway stations > Spent the weekend in Berlin with the missus and friends > from Holland (and met the Hopkinsons from Australia on > the Saturday, too). > > Most of the day is spent taking the S-Bahn or the > U-Bahn (suburban and subway trains) to get where you > want to be. > > Here are a few black & white impressions of the newest > stations on the network. > > The main station - Hauptbahnhof - not a station for the > faint-hearted - if you look over the balustrades, there > is an unbroken drop of around 60 metres to the lower > level platforms. > > The Hauptbahnhof from across the river Spree > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4066.jpg.html > Monumental modern architecture > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4067.jpg.html > > A few alternatives to walking > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4068.jpg.html > > From our table at the riverside bar > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4151.jpg.html > > New subway station in the government quarter > (Bundestag), so far it only runs three stations, > Hauptbahnhof, Bundestag and Brandenburg Gate). > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4155.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4157.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4158.jpg.html > > Tom and my missus waiting for the subway > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4161.jpg.html > > Subway train arriving from the Hauptbahnhof > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4170.jpg.html > > Brandenburg Gate - the crush barriers are for the > football fans who watched the European Cup on a big > video wall > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4176.jpg.html > > > High-level platform, Hauptbahnhof - you can see one of > the lower levels at centre bottom > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4181.jpg.html > > S-Bahn train arriving at the high-level platform > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4182.jpg.html > > Young lady lost in a world of her own in a train > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4186.jpg.html > > More to come - hope you like these > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information