Photos of Austria

[MikeK]

So I went skiing to Ischgl, Austria and spent a couple of days in Innsbruck.
Glad to share some of my shots with you

Innsbruck airport. You are free to walk everywhere. Yes. Walk.

The view of the city from some roof-top restaurant.

An old castle built to protect and control the way to Italy.

A real bird was killed and was used as a shape for this one

A nice random square in Innsbruck.

Went skiing near Innsbruck. Couldn't see my own skis at times because damn clouds were right on that altitude,lol (iPhone shot through a window, can barely stand my huge Nikon while skiing, sorry)

More streets of Innsbruck

 

[theGenius]

looks nice!
is there any vodka left for the locals?

 

[MikeK]

Iscgl photos are coming

The town at night. Didn't have a tripod, put the camera case on the snow, placed the camera on it

Just some sights. Enjoy

This piste has a bias of 70% (about 50°)

That's not the 70% one.

iPhone HDR shots, off-piste.

 

[MikeK]

/me skiing

Atomic Blackeye Ti (same as on the iPhone shot above)

Salomon BBR 9.0

Planning to get Stockli Y85 for all-mountain skiing

and probably these too, if I'm very lucky. They are more for slalom skiing.

 

[Fusion OG]

Looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing
I remember those planes What we were on when we came back to US after vacation. Good times

 

[WaLLy]

Beautiful! I'm jelly! Wish I knew how to ski and/or snowboard.

 

[TheDude]

/me is jelly

 

[Rexz >:)]

That is awesome, nice pictures man

 

[Nikon]

Woah dude, you've got an eye for photography. Great pics!

 

[Jana]

Yup, great pics Mike
Makes me wanna go skiing again, i wonder if i can still do it...

 

[Sodalover]

Nice pictures. Do Russians have the same freedom in Austria as EU citizens, with no limitations whatsoever?

 

[JohnRyAn]

Nice pics Mike. I also love skiing

 

[MikeK]

Nice pictures. Do Russians have the same freedom in Austria as EU citizens, with no limitations whatsoever?

What kind of freedoms?
All regular freedoms like right to life, freedom from torture / slavery, freedom of speech / movement - yes (movement in all Schengen Area countries, if I have the visa, of course).
Political rights like voting for president - obviously, no.
Some provisions of tax law are different (at the airport we can get VAT back).
There is some difference in case of right to work for EU citizens, I beive.
All these freedoms and rights are a long story

 

[Dunial]

Wow, mike, i'm jealous!

 

[Nikon]

I haven't been skiing in two years... Now I want to go skiing again.

 

[Storky]

looks cold!

 

[BuckRogers]

Snow does that Storky, But skiing is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!!

 

[Sodalover]

What kind of freedoms?
All regular freedoms like right to life, freedom from torture / slavery, freedom of speech / movement - yes (movement in all Schengen Area countries, if I have the visa, of course).
Political rights like voting for president - obviously, no.
Some provisions of tax law are different (at the airport we can get VAT back).
There is some difference in case of right to work for EU citizens, I beive.
All these freedoms and rights are a long story

The schengen area thing. Are people outside of the eu allowed to travel inside it freely without a visa and/or passport? Going to America, Canadians only need their passport, and that's the case towards most of europe for us as well. So it seems there are stricter requirements for you. That's all I'm really asking.

 

[MikeK]

The schengen area thing. Are people outside of the eu allowed to travel inside it freely without a visa and/or passport? Going to America, Canadians only need their passport, and that's the case towards most of europe for us as well. So it seems there are stricter requirements for you. That's all I'm really asking.

Oh
We do need to obtain a visa but that doesn't take too long / cost much ($25 or so) and I don't think any of my friends ever had problems with getting it. The visa is just a sticker in the passport. Then we are free to go anywhere in the schengen area while the visa is valid.
It's a bit different with US-Canada tho. I have a 3 year US visa but those Canadian bitches wouldn't let me cross the bridge by Niagara Falls to take a picture

 

[jasmine]

So I went skiing to Ischgl, Austria and spent a couple of days in Innsbruck.
Glad to share some of my shots with you

Innsbruck airport. You are free to walk everywhere. Yes. Walk.

The view of the city from some roof-top restaurant.

An old castle built to protect and control the way to Italy.

A real bird was killed and was used as a shape for this one

A nice random square in Innsbruck.

Went skiing near Innsbruck. Couldn't see my own skis at times because damn clouds were right on that altitude,lol (iPhone shot through a window, can barely stand my huge Nikon while skiing, sorry)

More streets of Innsbruck

very nice pictures I like that the site or the impresssion was that the mountain will engulf the city
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