Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] border markers France-Spain
Date: Feb 02, 2001 @ 13:52
Author: Eef Berns ("Eef Berns" <eefberns@...>)
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From: "Peter Hering" <hering@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: donderdag 1 februari 2001 11:35
Subject: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] border markers France-Spain
> Dear Eef,
> very interesting indeed! According to all info
> we have on this border it should be one of
> the oldest untouched borderlines in the
> world! And very well demarcated as well.
> In 1998 I crossed the Spanish-French border
> at a very small crossing point in the Western
> Pyrenees, there wasn't any official sign at all -
> you could hardly notice the change in road surface-
> BUT: this must be because there's a lot of
> ETA-activity going on in this area, and the
> real ETA-hardliners don't recognize the border,
> since they want to establish an independent
> Basque state - so imo the governments didn't
> want to "provoke" any moving of official
> border signs...
> Btw, Eef: I really don't wanna push, but are we
> going to enjoy your pix from this trip in a near
> future...? Would be great!
> See you in Sept. !
> All the best
> Peter
>