Czech Underground

After a night in Dresden we moved on to Prague for a couple of nights. We were staying in a very modern hotel in the business district and so to get into the city centre we took the metro.  At first this was looking like it might be a problem since I didn't have change for the ticket machine and there was no ticket office. When I found a tabac where I could get tickets the vendor was not terribly helpful or friendly but we eventually got tickets and made it into the city.

As you can see we got off the train at Malostranska and were immediately impressed by the underground architecture and attention to detail. It was a bust station but I waited until the platform and then the escalators cleared so that I could get a couple of shots. The light was quite poor so I have had to use a very high ISO since these were handheld and I didn't want to risk a slow shutter speed. In spite of the grainy quality I really like these pictures and I hope that you will like them too.

Metro Cool

Today's shots were taken on the Paris Metro. The station was Chatelet which is a hub in the centre, it looks like it needs some renovation, but it is possible that it is shabby chic.

The couple in the second picture were obviously in love and were oblivious to everyone around them, I like this shot and the way they are looking intently into each others eyes.

The guy in the final picture looks to me as if he could have stepped off the streets of New York or perhaps from the set of a Hollywood crime drama.