Iceberg? What Iceberg?

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I’m pleased to say that last week’s post again generated a lot of interest and brought another sizeable group of new followers and subscribers. Welcome to all of you. And a special word of acknowledgement to those who have posted comments and “liked” the essays on the Spanish and Italian translation sites. These essays will always be free, but you can continue to support my work by liking and commenting, and most of all by passing the essays on to others, and passing the links to other sites that you frequent. If you would like to take out a paid subscription I won’t stand in your way, (I’d be very honoured in fact) but I can’t promise you anything in return except a warm feeling of virtue. A special thank-you to those who have taken out paid subscriptions recently.I have also set up a Buy Me A Coffee page, which you can find here.☕️ Thanks to all of those who have recently contributed.And as always, thanks to others who tirelessly supply translation in their languages. Maria José Tormo is posting Spanish translations on her site here, and Marco Zeloni is also posting Italian translations on a site here, and Italia e il Mondo is posting them here. I am always grateful to those who post occasional translations and summaries into other languages just as long as you credit the original and let me know. And now:****************************************The first time I crossed a land border in Europe was as teenager, on a train from a place in Belgium whose name I have forgotten, on the way to Amsterdam. During the journey, a couple of Dutch frontier police came through the train…