Hello everybody,
this is the moment I've been waiting for - frankly
this tiny
Alpine village of Jungholz has caused a lot of
headache,
and is the reason why my bottles of Scotch have
disappeared
so quickly...
But now - listen:
This morning I rang up Jungholz and the lady in the
tourist-office
connected me with the most reliable person in this
matter I've been
talking to until now...!
Mr. Max Tauscher is o u r man in
Jungholz, cause he knows all
about the area, has written books and could tell me
the whole truth -
and nothing but the truth I hope - about
our queries.
This is the fact: Jungholz is an
enclave, because on top of the
mountain "Sorgschrofen" the boundary lines of
Germany meet
with the Austrian lines in one point
! The actual point is carved into
the rock ...!
He also knew about the theory of a "passage" 3
meters wide, that
he commented as "fairy tale" - most likely because
2 meters from
"our" point there is a geometrical point, a kind of
cross that you find
on many mountain tops.. - this "cross" is entirely
on Austrian soil,
so maybe that's why many people think that must be
the "passage".
(that was my theory, too!)
So folks - celebration time - and frankly, I think
I've deserved Jesper's
gold medal plus a bottle of fine
Bourbon when we meet next year -
Cheers - Skaal !!!
Peter
PS: my homepage is still under construction, Jesper
has been a very
great help setting up what you see by now - and
there's much more to
come...
Pete