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Capodanno in Innsbruck, Austria

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January 3rd 2005
CAPODANNO in AUSTRIA -the land starts to swell, and pine covered hills slowly transform into snow capped mountains, and just when you think you’ve discovered beauty, the snow capped mountains are dwarfed by those even bigger, as the white summits emerge from behind, out we come from a tunnel (as the autostrada swerves in and out, barely clinging to the vertical sides of the alps) and immediately ... read more

Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more