Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Tripoints - personal account Peter Hering
Date: Dec 27, 2000 @ 02:45
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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> Hello everybody, in order to reach a conclusion on the group's
>"conquest" of int'l tripoints - requested by Mike - here's my personal
>record: Tp's visited in Europe: 1- Belgium-Germany-Netherlands near
>Aachen- pix on my site 2- Belgium-Germany-Luxembourg confluence
>of river Our and creek "Ribbach" : pix on my site 3-
>France-Germany-Switzerland in Rhine-river N of Basel. Pix on my
>site. 4- Austria-Hungary-Slovakia appr. 50 km E of Vienna: pix on
>my site. 5- Austria-Hungary-Slovenia near Tauka/Austria: I
>remember visiting this very lonely place back in 1962 (when living
>in Graz): the very tp is marked by a monument similar to the
>Austr-Hung-Slovak. tp. Unfortunately, at that time I couldn't
>afford a camera... this tp will most certainly become a
>target on next year's GCEBE ! It's a very remote place, accessible
>on a track, from Tauka, about 1 hour's walk along the
>Sloven.-Austr. border... (back in 1962 the Yugoslav border: no
>fences along the Yugosl. border, but Hungary "protected"
>itself against capitalism and imperialism by fence!!)
>6- Belgium-France-Luxembourg: a few km north of the French town of
>Longwy_: quite a sad place, lots of industry: the tp is very close
>to the French custom house (abandoned today because of the
>Schengen agreement), the area looks messy - I couldn't locate the
>actual tp due to lack of time... 7- Austria-Germany-Switzerland: as you
>probably know, this must be the only Europ. tp yet undefined...!
> Somewhere in the waters of Lake Constance... The only tp visited
>outside Europe: 8- Argentine-Brasil-Paraguay: also to be seen on my site.
> May I take the opportunity to wish all members of Boundary Point the
>very best for the New Year - may your wishes come true...! Btw: I'll soon
>be back with news about next year's GCEBE !!! All the best - I'll be
>celebrating New Year's Eve in Vienna in the Town Hall: big party, lots of
>booze, music and dance: but don't worry: my mum will take care of
>me...!) All the best - see you(?!) in 2001 ! Peter