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Finally made it... [500 * 750]
Saw this picture month and month ago on imgur (https://m.imgur.com/gallery/wiBqjIF) and since then wanted to go there. This is lake Braies in Italy.
Lake Braies in Italy. Finally I was able to take a picture myself. Couldn't be happier right now.
Kissmyathsma
That place is amazing
goodygoody425
Keep walking to go to the water temple.
grilledkiwi
is this the end of riven
ouhgoshh
Gawdd. I love it.. it just look so awesome..
Khrome
Hotel Lago di Braies
JeffKaplan123
shewhoshallnotbenamed93
Now I need to go here.....DOT DOT..
B99Reactions
The legendary edition looks better
fariaaa
I want to be there
ugunaeatdat
Must be nice
prismbear
your picture is better than the one that motivated you
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idyllisch
many thanks!
beebandit
Step 1 - be rich. Step 2 - don't be poor.
riffifi
Going in the moutains is one of the cheapest vacation/week-end you can do !
tepossinocecatte
Step 0 - live in Switzerland (or Italy or any other nearby country)
Ericandstuff
Your pic is way better!
TheSmitty17
I love this because it shows how different a place can be just with time and season
zerothoughtgiven
& probably some amount of post processing. First one looks heavily contrasted with bumps in clarity and sharpening. Wonderful shots though.
Loutrezilla
First pic was edited a lot though.
PhilTheGoron
Beautiful.
LynchlessMob
Looks beautiful.
gwinny
I am now going to go there and take a picture.
idyllisch
PLEASE! upload a picture!
Kadari
Kudos to you for following through with what you wanted!
NerfThis
This Skyrim mods are getting better by the day.
supermarvelously
good one! haha
TheFearedAvenue
Lmao
Tkeleth
I legit almost pissed my pants laughing when I saw Thomas the Tank Engine dragon mod on YouTube.
Chum3
WHAT IN OBLIVION IS THAT
Tkeleth
CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Southoficeland
If you like this you should hike the alta via 1. This lake is just the start of 8 nonstop days of that kind of scenery.
idyllisch
You probably just decided where I'm going next :o
danirijeka
Listen to the wise man. I did it the other way around, but took two weeks (we were 15-18 year olds). "Astounding" doesn't even come close
idyllisch
Follow up post about it in probably around in one years time.
smartgirl63
How was the water?
ClandestineIntestine
Wet.
GilderoyPopDropNLockart
Like your mom
ClandestineIntestine
Touché
whiskyinajar
Same thing happened with me and Hallstatt. Went there this year!
Vwantsadoggie
Pics or it didn't happen.
howdilydoodily
Myst
gladtoseeimontherighttrack
Have you seen Obduction yet?
howdilydoodily
No! Now I'm looking it up!
sweetnaivety
I have to build a new gaming computer so me and my mom can play Obduction.. we played Myst together when I was little and we loved it!
Ananab
Haha to me it's more like riven!!
3dartwork
Yep, definitely Riven.
howdilydoodily
I realized that after I commented lol
Ananab
Same thing really! Both good games
bbandt
I'm curious to know the times the two pics were taken. The water level must be about 3 feet lower in the last pic.
sutats
Winter time, Autumn. Snow vs no snow on the mountains.
JollyJokzr
I'd say spring vs autumn. Snow melts and raises the water level.
TheMutt74
Beautiful...you're lucky.
Elastigirl
I much prefer your picture, beautiful and brooding
theMightyPlatypus
If you look closely you can see Batman looking down from the top of the mountain
ILikeQuiteHeavyMetal
The first one had a ghastly "set everything to max" look to it
VladTheInhaler1
The first picture just looks artificial to me. OP's is great.
MrSkar
Cause it's shopped to hell. Most of the Earth Porn photos are, and not in a good way.
biglovetravis
Agreed.
FastSquirt
I'd be worrying about Uruk-hai's coming after me..
idyllisch
Thank you very much.
whothrowsacupcakehonestly
Hope you don't mind. It's my new phone background now!
idyllisch
Not one bit. You're welcome.
Xeroblaz
You should put a watermark on it before people steal it
idyllisch
The bottom right corner should have my watermark. But now as you mention it it could be cropped easily. Thanks
sxky
You made this?........ I made this.
CaptainMilkshake
Put your dick in it!
youngmountaingoat
I love imgur. Beautiful picture. Rude and childish comment. Good work Sir.
JamsE
Do it for Harambe!!! (obvs)
MaggGyver
Now I'm imagining @idyllisch contorting himself so only his dick is in the lake. . . my mind goes to some weird places.
idyllisch
Who says it didn't happen exactly like that...
idyllisch
Check.
Whatthisusernameisnottaken
Pics or it didn't happen
Elusivehawk
I, for one, am willing to trust OP. Mainly because I don't want to see a dick pic.
NotOnTheRugMan
LisaMegatron
Did you go swimming in this? What was the water like? Do you have more pictures of other views?
BlueishGreenWeber
catfancier
You saw a place that looked cool and you went there. That's what it's all about. Go see all the pretty places on this earth. There's plenty
Theraybearz
Go see all the places off of this earth because with everything going on now, this place is starting to seem like a death trap
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
Yeah but dont forget about your home country, it is most likely beautiful also, i my self live here http://cdn.mbl.is/frimg/8/74/874187.jpg
roscoirish
Where is that?
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
Vestmannaeyjar Iceland
YodasLeftEar
i tought it's gonna be like "i finally changed my background pic"
Billy2sweet
It's pretty wherever you are Catfancier :-). There that was my nice comment for the day, back to being a dick.
v3rmilion
Except for those of us who can't afford it and live an eight hour drive from anywhere notable. And that's just the Midwest, think of Wyoming
catfancier
Wyoming is awesome! I live in MD. I'd trade places with you in a heartbeat
Graygray9
I'm envious of you Americans I'd love to be able to go there and do a road trip some day! It is very handy being in Europe though!
EddyWally4President
Wyoming is close to so many natural treasures!
trulycrabby
Wyoming is gorgeous! Hope you get to travel, though.
CuriousGuyPMnudes
Saw a post about Iceland. Wanted to go to Island. Went to Island. Island is pretty fucking amazing.
catfancier
Isn't it awesome? I went there last year and absolutely loved it. Spent most of my time on the south coast. Can't wait to go back
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
Hi from Iceland :) when where you here ? where did you go ?
Graygray9
Make a post about it? I would love to go to Iceland some day! I'm not too far away here in Ireland :)
Kingbotterson
Irish here too. WooHoo!
Graygray9
Hello fellow countryman!! What county?!
Kingbotterson
Dublin...you?
captain5
I'd there a way to go to toussaint from the witcher 3? Cuz that's the place for me.
sebastionloeb
I'd quite like to see skellige myself.
Waidonut
It's cool when you're in Europe and cool shit is close.I can drive for 8 hours in Canada and still be in my province.
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
yeah but i be there is something cool there also
SilentAitch
I drove across Canada (Tofino to St John's) about 10yrs ago - took a few days... ;) Amazing country
idyllisch
Well, it takes me around 13 hours to get to Canada and whole lot longer to safe for the flight. I never went, but hopefully some day.
RcusGaming
Which province do you live in? And are you in the middle of it? I can't imagine driving for 8 hours and being in the same province.
Waidonut
QC Hahaha (I'm in MTL though, so 6 hours to TO). But from Gatineau to say, Baie-Comeau it's almost 10 hours, that's not even the full length
RcusGaming
Ah I live near Vancouver (BC) so I'm like an hour or 2 away from Seattle.
Partytor
Or in Northern Sweden where it takes about 2 days by car to Denmark
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
yeah but a lot shorter to norway or finnland :)
YouMadeMeSignIn
Do you live in Europe? Were you already planning on going to Italy, or saw this picture and said, "I'm going to Italy, right fucking there!"
TheAlbatrossFromTheMoon
Yo I'm Italian and I have no idea where this place is. Looks like a northern Italy place.
danirijeka
Province of Bolzano, about 90km from Bolzano itself
amariokartnameddesire
I did that with Sintra, Portugal. Saw a picture of the Initiation Well a few years back and just went there myself this July. So gorgeous!!
ZeusWayne
Now i want to do it too
GiantButtHead
You're joking but my parents go to our neighbouring countries every weekend and they manage to get back before 12pm.
friendshipforbeer
You can live in Europe and still be super far from Italy.
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
I live in Iceland, for me to travel to this place would be around 12 hours if i am lucky and cost me more than $1500 to get there (atleast)
mareli82
As a Norwegian i can confirm
Shimobe
Fess up. Did you break that post on the left?
YouMadeMeSignIn
the post on the right needs repair too.
dvcalif
I think he pee'd in the lake too.
datma
Does nobody else see the watermark in the bottom right of "op's" picture??
ChucklePuss
Maybe the second image is the one which motivated him, hence watermark, and the first is his own picture?
ChucklePuss
I take it back, the first pic is the one that inspired OP, and the second is more professional and has the watermark. But I kept faith :(
datma
I wanted to believe too :(
ZakalweJ
Could be his/her own watermark.
ChucklePuss
I hope so, because this is what I'm planning for my (sort of) near future. And I wanted to be inspired...
iamyd
@OP after reaching the lake be like...
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gopracticespittingoutteeth
God damn
davidbowieeyes
Holyfuuuuck
danirijeka
Not recommended, even in summer it's ball-crushing cold :D
filben7
Yeah, going to italy is easy if you live in europe, its like $40 and 3 hours.
1navn
No
YouMadeMeSignIn
lucky
filben7
I dont live in italy, I wish I did. Europe is just cheap to travel around in if you live there.
8008135calculator
Typical ignorant American. It costs £40 and takes around 2 hours to get from Edinburgh to London. Europe is massive.
EmpatheticRock
You are incorrect
filben7
Massive? Its the same size as america. In the time it takes you to go to 4 countries we are almost out of our state.
KarlRuprechtKroenen
If you live in Munich yeah, but for me, Amsterdam-Sud Tirol is like 12a hours drive.
Constenz
3 hours? Please.
WhenIRealiseThatThisUsernameIsNotTaken
You were to subtile
Theberberian
flew from brussels to milaan last month for 17,99€ via cheaptickets.be
Theberberian
I just checked for flights and it is currently 24 euro
dream234
Well fuck that then, I can't afford more than €17.99!
FaultyStarsNoConstellations
That is so not true - It really depends on where in Europe you live
dunfiriel
how did you come up with that sum?
Coloradoboy
You should look at Ryan Air... you can go to London to Germany for 7 euros.
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
dohop.com i paid under $500 for flights Iceland-Frankfurt-mallorca - Barcelona - Paris - Iceland, flights to and from ICEL were expensive
SlaughteringApricot
the username is written in german, so I'm guessing the person is either from germany, switzerland or austria...
TwoStepsFromHell
Or Manitoba
walkingtallmachinegunman
Maybe OPs grandparents were German scientists that fled after the war and hes from Brazil, who knows...
aPrideofLions
So we finally found a real-life Krieger?
OnionTunaPizzaLover
That lake is in Alto Adige (for Italy) or Südtirol (for Austria), so technically OP could be a german-speaker italian paisà :)
Constenz
Yeah and he could also be Japanese because technically you're free to go everywhere you want
pallentx
Yeah, that's about like me driving from Dallas area to Austin or San Antonio.
idyllisch
OP is German living in Switzerland.
AlwaysTrustTheManInABigWhiteVan
It's pretty idyllisch in there, yes?
idyllisch
Very much yes :)
FrutzeL
Living there already?!? Breaking my heart.
idyllisch
Ok
FrutzeL
cuteandcuddly
Good to be rich and travel to places you see on the Internet
idyllisch
Just moved there, no big money yet. :(
odamanda
That's literally 4 hours of driving. You don't know much about Europe, do you?
CherrySnowCone
You lucky bastard :) beautiful pic btw
idyllisch
Thank you.
Eragonder
I come from switzerland jej
idyllisch
Where about? Cheers from BE
Eragonder
ZH Zürich
fdinthea
I was thinking, they saw this pic MONTHS ago and they FINALLY made it?
Oregonian
It would take me years to make a trip like this happen...
moogloogle
Hey, takes time to save up some money for a vacation.
IFUCKINGLOVEICELAND
I do that. Browse landscape and travel accounts on Instagram and plan next year's vacation on it. I'm going to the Dolomites next September.
CouldHaveBeenHitler
Well, if OP lives in Switzerland it's not *that* far; ten hour drive, perhaps
Vesane
As an Aussie, if I saw a pic like this and thought "I want to go take that picture too", it'd take me YEARS, not months
KillerDuckasaurus
Sounds like this person was already planning on going somewhere, then saw this picture and made it a mission.
hansmolemann
As a fellow Aussie
Vesane
We all know the "How many days out of my vacation will the travel time take...?" struggle :'(
LivingInYourIntestines
It takes me at least four months in advance because my job doesn't really allow for much vacation and only during certain months....
charonsfee
...at least four years for me...
mikehonchoness
D: wow, that really sucks..
hushaboomtechnology
D: I started working for a company recently that has unlimited vacation and now all other policies seem evil.
philcollinsdrumbreakdown
Actually, it's been found that when given unlimited vacation, employees will take less days off than they'd have normally gotten anyway
hushaboomtechnology
Knowing is half the battle...
TheLastCheeto
What?? What kind of company has unlimited vacation time for employees?
hushaboomtechnology
Et voila. https://www.themuse.com/advice/unlimited-vacation-policy-what-you-should-know
LivingInYourIntestines
My boyfriend's company for one ha. Can't say I'm not jelly.
idyllisch
I didn't plan on going there before I saw the picture. Didn't have plans yet but after I saw it I knew I want that picture!
datma
Care to explain the watermark on your picture?
SenorPeligro
That place looks sehr idyllisch!
TheBrofessionaI
dude... right click... save image as. like, WTF?!?
SpiffiestJester
Hah. I was going to say this. Glad I read comments first.
WoopDeFrickenDoo
I did the same thing when I saw pictures of Son Doong cave, also went and it was great. When you get that feeling you just gotta go!
meowmeowgoesthecat
How did you get there OP? Did you rent a car?
danirijeka
He lives in Switzerland, so I guess he could've gone with his own car :D
idyllisch
Went there with my own car. Wouldn't recommend going with publics.
qurais
u must be rich af
Einer
You could travel through Europe for free, if you have a courage to hitchhike.
TastyTastyScience
Right, there's no way they'd let a person who's not a millionaire into Italy.
Cutecicle
My boyfriend and I were inspired to travel europe because of a picture. We are amaerican, three weeks and 9 countires cost us just under 10k
Cutecicle
*American
Mypatronusisyourmother
Or European
idyllisch
European... Without the rich part.
BryanCnoc
But all Europeans are rich.
VenerableInheritance
A swiss who's not rich? Get the fuck out mr. Humbledor
Seasonic
How can you live in Switzerland and not be "rich"