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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
<jesniel@i...> wrote:
> Well here is my short account:
>
> Day 1 (04.04.04):
> DK(ferry)DE->NL->BE->NL->Baarle (coffie break) -> NL->BE
(Poperinge)
>
> Day 2:
> BEFR expedition with local, Nicolette hangs out with local
female friend
> I find BEFR surprisingly poorly marked and maintained. Take
many photos
> Local friend is journalist and has interview with former BE
customs officer, I go along. His friend is writing book about BE
border markers, and gets my address...
>
> Day 3: BE (Poperinge) -> FR (Paris). Eiffel Tower
>
> Day 4: We decided to stay in Paris. Hotel near tripoint of the
three Paris arrondisements 9, 10 and 18. I only figured that out
late, but here is a photo :
http://www.r-flux.com/paris.visit/paris.snap.07.html. Tripoint is
possibly at the trafic island beacon, but I don't know how well the
boundaries are defined.
>
> Day 5: Paris - > Disneyland -> BE -> LU (Troisveirges)
>
> Day 6: LU (Troisveirges) -> Luxembourg City (go on touristic
train) -> FR (Monsdorf , GCEBE) -> LU -> visit Schengen -> DE ->
FR, visits DEFRLU -> DE -> LU -> DE -> LU (Troisveirges)
>
> Day 7: LU (Troisveirges) -> BE -> DE, car engine break down
60 km from DEDK-ferry. Make use of our European car 24h
insurance,
http://www.ADAC.de cannot fix car, and they tow us to
the ferry. Car coughs on board, coughs off in DK. We will leave
car in port, take train. Awwwww. Last train gone!!!! 10 PM!!! Calls
friends 95 km from there (Næstved-Slagelse area). They collect
us and we arrive at their place at
>
> Day 8: 2 am. After breakfast bus to Slagelse, then train to Høje
Taastrup, cab to Hedehusene (home).
>
> Car still in port....... 143 km from here.........
>
> Talking about Paris arrondisements, 8, 9 17 and 18 appears to
be a quadro:
http://marchand.free.fr/download/paris.gif. Anybody
can confirm this?
cant confirm it absolutely but it sure looks to be the foremost
among several quadriarrondissement points of paris
foremost in that evidently it alone is marked by a monument
but i think you are right to call it because all the arrondissement
borders appear to be centered on streets or the river
so a nice discovery
that paris is for megapoint lovers too
&
if this is indeed the correct monument & the correct street corner
http://www.ics.meio-u.ac.jp/naka/Place_de_Clichy01.jpg
perhaps the intersection center & thus the quadripoint stands on
the top of this halberd pole or fasces or whatever this thingie is
& would the ax blades then mark arrondissement borders
> Photos will follow.
>
> Jesper