My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

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My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

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Hello All!

Last week I was on winter-holiday in Les Trois Vallées, France.
Due to some tests at school I had to take the plane on my way to there,
which I really didn't mind :mrgreen: .
I flew to Geneva with EasyJet, and then went on by car.
So I'll just kick off with some shots taken from the panorama terrrace!


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#2. Nose closeup!
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#3. Emirates rotating 18L!
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Well, enough panorama terrace, now into the plane :mrgreen: !
#4. It was already dark when we departed Schiphol, tried to make some shots though, but this was the only one I found worth posting.
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#5. Thanks to the very nice crew :D!
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Enjoyed some nice skiing in what they claim to be the world's largest ski area!
But ofcourse found some time to go to this lovely airport, some shots of Courchevel!
#6. Overview.
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#7. He has to give extra power to climb the runway :mrgreen:
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#8. Courchevels tower!
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#9. Another overview, taken from the top of the mountain!
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#10.
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#11. Coming in for landing :)
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#12. About to fall of the runway...
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#13. Taking the air from the 18.5% uphill runway.
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#14. Face 2 Face!
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#15. Stunning background!
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That was it! I hope you liked them :) !
Comments/Suggestions are welcome!

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Re: My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

Post by shepherd »

Olmo!!
Fantastic shots you have man!

I love the helicopters with the mountains behind! In my opinion numbers 11 and 13 are real winners!!
And all of the others are hot shots as well. Really awesome!
I envy you! big time!! :twisted: haha!


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WOW What a great set of pictuers.. That overview shot from the mountain is briljant!!! :respect: :respect:
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The Emirates photo is oversharpened and suffers from too much noise reduction (looks like it anyway), but a seriously nice photo report otherwise Olmo. LOVE the shot from the top of the mountain, looking down on the airport and the runway+plane photos are cool too.

Was it far/costly to rent a car from/to Geneva? (I assume you rented?)
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Re: My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

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Very nice shots! Number 12 is the winner for me ! :mrgreen:
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Great shots Olmo!!
I'd say number 10 is the winner :worship:
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amazing report Olmo!! :respect: lovely snowy shots and great overview photo of that airport amazing!!

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Re: My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

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Ah... Courchevel. You'll never forget that once you've seen it! 8)
9 & 12 :clap:

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Re: My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

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How about staying near Courchevel (prices etc) ? Can this place be reached by car easily ?
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Re: My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

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Thanks all for the nice comments :mrgreen: !
Copter wrote:How about staying near Courchevel (prices etc) ? Can this place be reached by car easily ?
I stayed in Saint Martin de Belleville, which is a small village two valleys away from Courchevel. This was not quite cheap,
but there are really a lot of hotels/apartments in the area, so enough choices of different prices.
And I didn't go to Courchevel by car actually, went there by ski! There is a parking lot and a road to the town of Courchevel,
don't know though how easy it is to reach that parking lot, but I think not too hard.
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Re: My Winterholidays including AMS-GVA and Courchevel.

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I also have some more shots I'd like to share with you :)

#16. Closeup!
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#17. Widebody Lineup :mrgreen:
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#18. Diving down the runway!
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#19. Climbing out of Courchevel.
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I hope you like them!

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