Subject: Border fun in the Basque Country - I<br/>
Date: Aug 05, 2002 @ 10:18<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (Peter Smaardijk &lt;smaardijk@yahoo.com&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1409068382">The maltreated boundaries of the Basque Country<br/>
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1. The boundary between the Basque province of Araba (�lava in Spanish)<br/>
and the Castilian province of Burgos on the road from B�veda (Araba) to<br/>
San Pantale�n de Losa (Burgos). The big sign telling us that we�re<br/>
entering Araba and the Basque Country is obviously not on the border<br/>
(one of those rules again). But is the roadside border marker, marking<br/>
the transition of one road (BU-5530) to another (A-2622) on the border?<br/>
Alas, no�<br/>
<br/>
The whole spot is illustrative of the fact that one of the favourite<br/>
victims of political passion in this part of the world is the road<br/>
sign. It is not visible in the picture, but someone took the trouble of<br/>
writing the word �Espa�a� on the provincial road sign at least fifty<br/>
times. The �Espa�a� on the road marker is clear. The stone bears the<br/>
signs of having been cleaned before because of another hothead�s<br/>
actions.<br/>
<br/>
2. Looking towards Castilia and Le�n. Part-time politicians from the<br/>
other side found it necessary to state that both region and province<br/>
are full of fascists, and that they are against a nuclear power plant<br/>
in Burgos province.<br/>
<br/>
But the old stone might even be on the border! Who knows�<br/>
<br/>
(to be continued)<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
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