hey pete
& thank you again too
for i certainly am looking forward to the gcebe
& am fully committed to it whether i attend personally or not
as previously mentioned
about saving energy
well yes that is a good idea too
while i also like to move forward toward an objective whenever the
opportunity arises
& one of these objectives which i believe at least several of us share is
to learn as much as possible about all the tri country points in the world
indeed in all our wonderful diversity this single aim may prove to be all
we can hope to agree about & really share
if anything
i mean besides having a good time together in any case
so at the same time as i am saving up
i also remain enthusiastic yet certainly patient & understanding also to
learn of your 3 or 4 other previous tripoint visits not yet recounted
for i admit i have lost track of the number
& like we dont even know which ones these are yet
& also to learn of any other tripoints anyone has tried or found in any sense
it is not really a matter of speed but of coverage
appreciative of all your endeavors on our behalf
m
>
>Dear Mike,
>thanks for your comments on the actual state of member
>visits to tripoints - you're right about things rather going
>slowly at this time - b u t : I think we're all saving energy
>for next year's GCEBE - aren't you...?!?
>A lot of (new) tp's, boundary markers - and fun...!
>All the best
>Peter
>----- Original Message -----
>From: michael donner <m@...>
>To: <BoundaryPoint@egroups.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 5:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: New great border site
>
>
>> thank you again bernd
>> & please understand i was just making fun of our american lingo
>> which does indeed often say dutch for deutsche
>>
>>
>> congrats also on being only our third member to report visiting any tri
>> country point whatsoever
>>
>> which is perhaps also comical
>> in view of our ambitious introductory blurb
>> but true i think
>>
>> by my unofficial & probably incomplete count you are tied with brendan for
>> silver at 1 tripoint each
>> while peter is still solidly golden with a total of 9
>> tho i believe he has reported on only 5 or 6 so far
>>
>> i mean collectively we may only have some 11 total visits to as few as 9
>> points in all
>>
>> we are still anticipating word of other tripoints visited by peter or others
>> & are earnestly hoping new members will also chime in about any other such
>> points as they may have visited
>>
>>
>> curiously all 3 of you who have reported any visit at all have chanced on
>> the very same point
>> bedenl near aachen
>> the odds against which coincidence are over 300 to 1
>>
>>
>> also our collective collection has remained stalled for some time at 6
>> known points visited or at least viewed at close range
>> bedenl
>> bedelu
>> chdefr
>> atchde
>> athusk
>> arbrpa
>> if i am not mistaken
>> plus probably 3 others still unnamed
>>
>> so if you do happen to pass thru befrlu &or defrlu in southern luxemburg en
>> route to basle
>> you will probably be discovering & laying claim for us to virgin territory
>> so far as i know
>>
>>
>> & if you are able to reach the actual chdefr point in the middle of the
>> rhine river very near the tri country monument in basle
>> you will be the first to do so & will win a special award for attaining
>> this elusive & challenging objective
>>
>>
>> with best wishes
>> m
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >and yes, correct: There are two towns in Germany with the same name
>> >Frankfurt:
>> >
>> >One is in central Germany called Frankfurt on the Maine river where
>> >all the big German banks have their headquartes, and the other one in
>> >the East in Brandenburg county: Frankfurt on the Oder. (=90.000
>> >inhabitants)
>> >
>> >Admittedly Frankfurt on the oder always sort of is in the shadow of
>> >its big name brother.
>> >
>> >But no, I was serious: in fact the GERMAN-Polish border pages
>> >(forgive my writing mistake 'Dutch-Polish') have been uploaded this
>> >morning and the links have been fixed, so you can have a look at the
>> >unknown Frankfurt on the oder now.
>> >
>> >Actually I have only seen one tripoint in my life: that's the Dutch-
>> >German-Belgian border naar Aachen/Vaals.
>> >
>> >The Basle/Switzerland story has been delayed to 2001, but new
>> >pictures of the Dutch-Belgian border are on its way.
>> >
>> >best regards
>> >Bernd
>> >
>> >--- In BoundaryPoint@egroups.com, michael donner <m@d...> wrote:
>> >> ah so you must be somewhere around rotterdam
>> >> excellent
>> >>
>> >> i just doubled back to your strange & wonderful site while trying
>> >to zero
>> >> in further on your whereabouts
>> >> & what a pleasant surprise to find you have anglicized it all now
>> >too
>> >>
>> >> but are you really headed for basle next month
>> >> or is that only in my imagination
>> >>
>> >> also i gathered from your delu & befr boundary pix that you may
>> >also know
>> >> something about the defrlu tri country point if not also the befrlu
>> >>
>> >> we have enjoyed first hand accounts of visits to the bedelu &
>> >bedenl points
>> >> but the southern benelux tripoints are still terra incognita to us
>> >> & these might be only a day trip for you
>> >> or lunch stops on the way to & fro basle
>> >>
>> >> on a lighter note
>> >> i confess i initially thought you were just polish joking around
>> >here below
>> >> & in your ref to the dutch polish boundary near frankfurt
>> >> especially with the broken links
>> >> until i realized you have not one but a couple of frankfurts there
>> >& double
>> >> dutch too just like we have in pennsylvania
>> >>
>> >> happily american jokes have now displaced polish dutch & all others
>> >tho
>> >>
>> >> m
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> >the 'good thing' about Holland and Belgium is that those countries
>> >> >are rather small, even for European standard.
>> >> >
>> >> >I'm in Southern Holland Province, 20 miles from the North Sea.
>> >> >
>> >> >I need 40 minutes by car to reach the Belgian border, 1h 10 minutes
>> >> >to reach German territory and 2,5 hours to reach French border.
>> >> >
>> >> >To reach the Polish border is more difficult distance-wise.
>> >> >
>> >> >regards
>> >> >Bernd
>> >> >
>> >> >--- In BoundaryPoint@egroups.com, michael donner <m@d...> wrote:
>> >> >> welcome bernd
>> >> >>
>> >> >> glad you share our interest too
>> >> >>
>> >> >> & funny how we all seem to be concentrating on the belgian dutch
>> >> >german
>> >> >> tripoint
>> >> >>
>> >> >> about how far from there are you
>> >> >>
>> >> >> m
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Hello,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I'm the maker of this Border site that features views of the
>> >Dutch-
>> >> >> >German (and Belgian border)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >As it shows views of the border of Holland, Germany and
>> >Belgium, I
>> >> >> >made it in Dutch and German language. I had no idea that there
>> >are
>> >> >> >people overseas who share that same interest, and might be
>> >> >interested
>> >> >> >in visiting the site. I was wrong here.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Bernd