> Drive from Paris to I-forget-the-name-but-it-will-come on the edge of
> Germany in one long magic day's drive. Cross the French German border
> late in the day. Note the signs have changed to German. U turn for
> obligatory photo. Drive. Note the signs have turned into French.
> Search. never quite find the actual border. Magic!.

Often the only way to know just where the border is (apart from a sign 'Wel=
come to ...') is a customs post for trucks to check in their cargo as they =
go between countries.

My memory of crossing a European border was back in '98, driving from Belgi=
um into Germany at night, the Belgian motorway had street lighting at a goo=
dly brightness all the way down, cross into Germany, and suddenly it was al=
l blackness with only the headlights to light the way ...
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