--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Smaardijk"
<smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Peter Hering <hering@m...>
> wrote:
> > Dear BP friends...
> >
> > one of the highlights of the CEBT - to me - was our visit to the
> > divided city of Gorizia-Italy - Nova Gorica/Slovenia.
> >
> > I've uploaded 4 pics from the area around the railway station into
> > the photo section of B.P.
> >
> > Just recently, when SI joined the EU on May 1st, the fence in
front
> of the railw. st. was removed - and an open area with new markers
> > was created - very interesting, quite place nowadays!
> >
> > But only appr. 30 metres of the fence, that goes almost all the
way
> > thru G-NG have disappeared...contrary to all these newspaper
reports
> > that anticipated an "open-border area" all over this great
> city...The plaza in front of the railw.st. - that lies completely
on
> SI-soil, is interesting, because everybody is allowed to cross the
> proper border, but just within certain limits, i.e. NOT into the
> station itself. - see explanation on bordersign.
> >
> > enjoy !
>
> I am enjoying it.
> For further enjoyment, a link to a picture with the fence on the
> piazza Transalpina still in place (with border marker):
> http://tinyurl.com/3jbwn
The "missing link" between "fence" and "no fence" (i.e. "demolition
of fence") at
http://www.comune.gorizia.it/eventi/20040501/muro.html
> Peter Smaardijk