Hello Mark!

30 Mar 15 13:18, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

 WD>> * The Netherlands in about 25 minutes
 WD>> * Germany roughly over an hour
 WD>> * Luxembourg about 2 hours
 WD>> * France an hour and a half
 WD>> * England 3.5 hours (including a car-ferry train through the Channel
 WD>> tunnel) * Switzerland 6 hours
 WD>> * Denmark 8 hours (dpeending on German road works)
 WD>> * Italy about 8 hours
 WD>> * ...
 WD>>
 WD>> Now, crossing the border and being in such a country, of course doesn't
 WD>> mean you are somewhere ...

 MH> Does it take extra time to cross the borders?

 It certainly does. When crossing the border of countries within the
 Shengen treaty, the speed limit goes down to 40 Mh over a two mile
 stretch. ;)

 Going to Britain takes longer, but you have to wait for boarding the
 ferry or the train anyway. For the train (tunnel) both customs are on
 the boarding side, so there are no delays at the other end.

 MH> Other than a few non-US islands, I have never been out of the country.
 MH> That was the only time in my life I had to use a passport.  I'm not
 MH> familiar with customs, border patrol, or any of that.

 In a small country as ours, you better press your brakes in time or you will
 find yourself abroad. Just kidding.

Kees

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