Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, I'm rather pleased with that one myself:-) ;-) Cheers Douglas On 26.06.2012 18:42, Jim Nichols wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > >