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I
took these pictures of Munich's Hauptbahnhof (central train
station) on a Friday night around 11pm. Munich has a nice
train station with a huge food court and lots of shops.
I especially like the way the lights reflect off the smooth
surfaces. The "Trink Coca-Cola" sign is particularly
appealing to me for some reason.
I
like train stations, and enjoy taking pictures of them.
Some of my pictures of Grand Central Station in NY are linked
from this journal
entry.
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The
west entrance to the Hauptbahnhof. This faces Bayerstraße
and Goethestraße. Marty is standing near the top
of the escalator in the center of the picture (he is under
the "n" in Hauptbahnhof). Above, you can see
the back of the Coca-Cola sign through the window.
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Inside,
looking across the platforms. This reminds me of my first
visit to Munich in 1988. I was traveling with my friend
Doug, and we stopped in Munich when we left Prague. We
were on our way to Amsterdam, and we had 8 hours to kill
in Munich. We went to the Hofbräuhaus and the Englischer
Garten. When we caught the train to Amsterdam after midnight
that night, the train station was even emptier than this.
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Trains
waiting to go. I enjoy the neon signs in the train station,
like that Grundig sign on the back wall. The Deutsche
Bahn trains are painted a very cheerful red.
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A
fruit stand in the train station. There is also a large
food court with almost any type of food available at different
stands. I sometimes eat lunch at the train station even
if I'm just passing by, not going on the train.
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