Olivier de Winter

‘It’s easy to see that the area of South Tyrol or ‘Alto Adige’ used to be part of Austria for long, namely until World War I. Both German and Italian are widely spoken here but one thing was outstanding; the difference between the Italian and German names of places here. They are not a translation of each other but seem like entire new names! After doing some research I found out that fascist Italy under Mussolini was extremely against Austrian influences in South Tyrol. During his reign, he prohibited teaching German and German surnames had to be ‘Italianized’ . This might be a good explanation of the extreme differences between the names of places all the time. Another fun fact, according to the owner of the hotel I stayed in ‘Gais’ is one of only two places that is called the same in both languages.’ 

One of my favorite places in the world, but then in 1993! It's crazy to see how much NYC has changed, yet it still has the same vibe. - source: r/oldschoolcool u/Ironborn

Just finished a month of traveling through Europe and Austria was my favorite country on this trip. It has blown me away with its beauty and how extremely livable this place is. More pictures will follow.