{"id":31057,"date":"2021-04-21T08:47:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31057"},"modified":"2021-04-21T08:47:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:47:34","slug":"metz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metz\/","title":{"rendered":"Metz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On April 21, 2016, I made a rail trip across north eastern France. Among the places I changes trains was at Metz on the edge of a formerly heavily industrialized coal region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made photographs of the enormous and elegant 19th century station here using both my Lumix LX7 and FujiFilm XT1 digital cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was my only visit to Metz, and I look forward to returning some day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until 2020, April was always a big travel month for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"31060\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/metz\/sncf_metz_station_dscf6218\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SNCF_Metz_station_DSCF6218.jpg?fit=1000%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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