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06-12-2009, 01:07 PM
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and add kurt waldheim also to that list, a bit further down perhaps.  |
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06-12-2009, 01:13 PM
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who would not know or even own a little crystal figurine from
Swarovski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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06-12-2009, 01:24 PM
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and add kurt waldheim also to that list, a bit further down perhaps. |
Don't really understand Waldheim...
Why was he praised at the UN and welcomed warmly in every country and later vilified as the elected President of Austria?
Certainly being at the UN in his position is subject to much more world scrutiny than being President of Austria... |
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06-12-2009, 04:52 PM
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Don't really understand Waldheim...
Why was he praised at the UN and welcomed warmly in every country and later vilified as the elected President of Austria?
Certainly being at the UN in his position is subject to much more world scrutiny than being President of Austria...
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might be off topic... here. (but seems we are agreed on scrutiny and understanding.
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06-12-2009, 11:33 PM
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Uhmmm ..... may be not Swarovski ....
but we used to travel to Kufstein (about 50 km from us, in Obb), and visited the Crystal factory there, and usually bought all our Christmas gifts there.
Just have to watch out for the sweatbeads ....
Really, unless you knew .... nobody would suspect it was NOT a Swarovski piece .... |
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06-13-2009, 06:42 PM
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I know Austria from the movie The Sound of Music. The hills are alive!
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06-14-2009, 12:46 AM
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Hi I'm from Austria and I would like to know if anybody knows that little country and something about it.
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Had Arnold?
Use to be apart of Germany?
It had Arnold?  |
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06-14-2009, 10:51 AM
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Had Arnold?
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LOL!
as to Kufstein: threre is also Hallein; the entire region is famous for SALT.
(50 km from upper bavaria ~~~ bad reichenhall?)
Hallein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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06-14-2009, 01:21 PM
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I always take visitors to Hallstadt... having lunch on the terrace restaurant overlooking the lake below and the snow capped mountains above is breathtaking...
Images from Austria - Hallstadt
A favorite drive is the Post Alm road over the mountain...
One caution... the summer weather in the mountains of Austria is changeable... rain can occur just about anytime... |
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06-15-2009, 12:09 PM
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cool. Everytime i see pictures of Austria it is always so green. |
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