Guys I almost got arrested going to France with a member of the Canadian Defense Forces. She got into it with a French border guard over language. The Quebecois claim that their version of French is the purer as it has not been contaminated by allowing Russians or Germans to occupy them at various times. It is a pretty nasty fight that I choose to avoid.
]]>I used to work in Luxembourg. During the working day the population was at least doubled by all the ‘migrant’ workers, and at the time one-fifth of the population was Portuguese it was claimed!
Luxembourg (city) is called the Gibraltar of the north. I drove round Luxembourg (the country) in about half an hour.
Ol’ Blood and Guts is buried there and there is a fine memorial on the Battle of the Bulge “http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/lx.php”
Every village has at least one second world war American tank in the centre it seems.
Just a bit of trivia.
]]>I saw mention of the wall, Steve, and it seemed to be as much a retaining wall to stop erosion, as a fence. That ditch is a better indicator than what they have in North Dakota, little markers every so often.
Actually, Arthur, the Canadians do a better job than the US on immigration, but no system is going to stop it. It is a diplomatic problem that needs a diplomatic solution, i.e. cooperation by governments, but I don’t see that happening any time soon. Having to take your passport to the library certainly isn’t the solution, maybe both goverments should station a member of their border patrols in the library.
I know what you mean, Michael. When my Dad when stationed in Germany we lived in a little village that was near the German-Belgian-Luxembourg border and wandered around in all three countries when berry picking. My brother spent a month in Belgium helping a cousin of our landlady on his farm.
]]>All of this makes about as much sense as the contrived war in the South Park movie. Shall I accompany myself in an (ahem) extraordinary rendition of “Blame Canada”?
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