News & Updates from Silvia Griffin · Page 13
He is the ORIGINAL person from the movie "Seven years in Tibet" played by Prad Pitt.We went to see his museum in Hüttenberg, Austria last year.
Harrer was a famous Austrian mountaineer and explorer, born in Hüttenberg in 1912.
A keen sportsman, as a young man he was part of the Austrian Alpine skiing team and in 1938, just after his university finals, he was part of a four man team who conquered the north face of the Eiger a moutain in Switzerland.War was declared while he was on another reconnaissance expedition near Karachi, he was captured by the British and detained in a camp at Dehradun, India.
After several attempts he eventually escaped with partner Peter Aufschnaiter, in April 1944, their plan to head towards Tibet. After 18 months of walking and climbing in the most terrible conditions, they reached the capital, Lhasa, in January 1946.
He remained there for seven years and in that time formed a friendship with the young Dalai Lama, then aged 11, teaching him about Science and Geography.
When Chinese troops invaded Tibet in 1951, Mr. Harrer crossed into India by way of Sikkim, shortly before the Dalai Lama himself had to flee.
The museum was officially opened in 1992 by the Dalai Lama, the two men had remained close friends, and it is here that many artefacts from his travels have been gathered together to create a fascinating picture of life in Tibet and other countries he visited later in his life including Borneo and Sudan. Heinrich with the DaliLama- Prayer mills -Lingkor winding up the mountain- Mandale
As you know I grew up in Switzerland. It has a little over 8 Million people. The picture shows you all the flags of the "Cantons" .
Little areas with their own government like the US States or Canadian Provinces. The 3 Cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden - the so called "Ur-Kantone" unite against the surrounding aggressors on Aug,1, 1294 1648 after the Declaration of Independence - Switzerland becomes an independent Nation.
Did you know that in 1864 we founded the International Red Cross ? There is also 4 national languages : German French Italian Romans. I will be on an extended trip to the Yukon the north of Canada so Designing will be slow for the next few weeks - have a nice summer .
Thank you for your patronage of my designs :)
Just like my mother - I cannot sit still and whatch TV doing nothing with my hands. So I crochet or knit. Sometimes even make up cards. These Dolls are crochet and go to my Granddaughter for her birthday in August.
She is fanatic about the Movie Frozen as many of your relatives and children are I am sure. I found this free pattern on the INTERNET, lucky me. The next thing my grand kids adore are Legos. So know I am trying to come up with a Card Design that does not conflict with copywrite. :) Thank You Very Much for buying my creations !Silvia
For you who are not familiar with this type of camper I will explain. The camper is put on top of a heavy duty truck. They come with little comfort or a lot of comfort. This one in the picture even has a Slide - out .
A motorized part which comes out when you park to give you more room. This camper will have a Shower Kitchen and Queen Bed on top of the truck cab. They are very popular with hunters and fishermen.
The have Motorized legs which you will engage if you want to use the truck to go around without the camper.
A friend of ours just bought a used one -2007 model and still payed 12'000.- Canadian dollars for it . Thank you for considering my creations Silvia
This little town is north of St. Antonio Texas. The members of the luckenbach family and other German immigrants moved there from Frederickburg 11 miles away. In the 1850's they settled along the grape creek and soon established a school for their children.
The post office was in operation briefly after 1858 with William luckenbach as first postmaster. These days Luckenbach Texas is, to paraphrase John Steinbeck, a "State of Mind" ? A Texas state of mind, where you can kick back, relax and get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life?like a step back in time.
The post office is still in use with a dance hall, bar, shop, campground and many festivals . A great place to visit if you are in the neighborhood. Thank you for considering my creations - Silvia
