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12. Le Palais Royale station in Paris...

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 04:28 PM

Nov 2013

I never saw this stop when I was in Paris taking the Metro, but I wish I had!

Funny, I thought the architectural style of this station was VERY different from the famed Metro style of art nouveau...

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Another Friday Afternoon Challenge to pique your interest! Today: “Subway Series!” [View all] CTyankee Nov 2013 OP

I have absolutely NO IDEA about any of these, but they are gorgeous! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #1

Thank you Peggy! CTyankee Nov 2013 #2

We did, in Paris and London... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #3

Me, too...altho I liked the big red buses in London the BEST! CTyankee Nov 2013 #5

The second one I'm going to guess is Moscow..... marmar Nov 2013 #4

No, not Moscow. CTyankee Nov 2013 #6

0-2 marmar Nov 2013 #7

there are hints... CTyankee Nov 2013 #8

Toughy....# 5 Dubai ? jessie04 Nov 2013 #9

they have fabulous subways but no, neither one is here... CTyankee Nov 2013 #13

5 looks like Paris, going by the French written in the background NuclearDem Nov 2013 #10

I'm betting Paris Metro stop jberryhill Nov 2013 #11

Le Palais Royale station in Paris... CTyankee Nov 2013 #12

My last shot... jessie04 Nov 2013 #14

Oh, no, not your last shot! CTyankee Nov 2013 #15

#2 - Zoloti Vorota Station – Kiev, Ukraine pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #16

Hi, Pinboy! How did you know this one... CTyankee Nov 2013 #17

That Moscow station fooled me at first pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #18

I guess it's that Russian "thing." CTyankee Nov 2013 #19

#6 is Athens (Syntagma) according to my Google-fu... (nt) petronius Nov 2013 #20

what is your Google-fu? CTyankee Nov 2013 #21

It's the ability to use search engines with ninja-like skill petronius Nov 2013 #24

A great job at searching, petronius! CTyankee Nov 2013 #29

#1 - Monte St Angelo Subway Station, Naples pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #22

what led you so directly to this station? I had looked at so many subway sites and saw other ones CTyankee Nov 2013 #31

You don't even wanna KNOW what I added to my search terms to find it pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #32

Okay, just this once I'll reveal my search secret for this one pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #46

Dammit! I tried something very similar to that - can't believe petronius Nov 2013 #54

Wild guess. #3 San Francisco? longship Nov 2013 #23

Alas, no San Francisco here... CTyankee Nov 2013 #30

#6 - Athens Metro displays of artifacts unearthed during subway construction pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #25

It's wonderful. The tips on this were pretty obvious, yes? CTyankee Nov 2013 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #33

I found mention of it on a site about the London Tube, of all things pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #35

#3 - Tile mosaic in Oriente Station, Lisbon Metro pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #26

what gave this away to you? I'm all ears... CTyankee Nov 2013 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #34

For this I simply searched on subway murals pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #36

hmm, I tried and didn't see it there... CTyankee Nov 2013 #37

I might have modified a search term I was already using pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #45

#2 is Moscow? and #5 is Paris? - #6 is Athens? - LiberalElite Nov 2013 #38

they have been guessed. You are right on Paris and Athens. CTyankee Nov 2013 #39

Somewhere in Spain? LiberalElite Nov 2013 #40

not in Spain... CTyankee Nov 2013 #43

ok - at least it's obvious that LiberalElite Nov 2013 #55

#4 is not representative of the design of other stations in this city... NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #41

If you know the answer, SKP, go ahead and solve it pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #42

Surprisingly... NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #48

Thankyou pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #50

This did look unusual. But very interesting, don't you think? CTyankee Nov 2013 #44

I have not been to Brussels in decades. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #47

Thanks for your kind words! CTyankee Nov 2013 #52

commoners use mass transit-don't spend money there dembotoz Nov 2013 #49

ANSWERS RECAP: pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #51

Thanks for the recap, Pinboy! I was off tutoring ESL this morning... CTyankee Nov 2013 #53