Saturday, December 6, 2014

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--On the Orient Express


Well, not exactly ON the Orient Express, but IN it...sort of.  The Orient Express in question here is a restaurant/cafe inside Belgrade's Hotel Balkan, outside of which I took this photo.  In the reflection you can see a fountain that stands in front of the Hotel Moskva, a piece of which is visible to the left.

The original train the Orient Express ceased to run on December 14th, 2009, but its route had included Belgrade. I remember seeing the train on one of its stopovers quite a while ago.

 See other reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

11 comments:

Jim said...

Good reflection

Lowell said...

I didn't know that! A fine reflective shot, too. So what's the food like at the Orient Express?

Gaelyn said...

There's almost more going on here than my simple mind can grasp.

William Kendall said...

Excellent reflection!

Indrani said...

Very interesting mix of reflections and actuals :)

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Fantastic capture of the reflection of the tower in this window. Have a lovely weekend.

Me Mumbaikar said...

wow, its a beautiful reflection coz it took me a couple of minutes to figure out whats in and whats out.
very interesting!

Luis Gomez said...

Gorgeous reflection.

Bob Crowe said...

I've seen places with a Hotel de Paris but a Hotel Moskva as a symbol of elegance is alien over here.

Didn't know the Orient Express had gone out of business. We took the Palace on Wheels in India some years ago. It was a blast.

Alexa said...

Great reflections! I saw the Orient Express in the train station in Bologna—must have been shortly before it stopped running. A shiny vision in black and brass!

Kym said...

Interesting - and a great reflection!!

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