Snapshots of Lutetia - Gare de l'Est

In Paris, different stations, with telling names, connect it to the rest of France. So, for me, obviously, eastbound it was, when I took the TGV for a little business trip to a small German town, just across the border from Strasbourg. After transforming my e-ticket into a real one, in one of the very smart ticketmachines of SNCF, I strolled outside and found that this station was actually quite beautiful. Because the area in front of it has only restricted access, and it was early in the morning, I could take a relatively empty-of-people snapshot.