Wow -- these clues have been a lot harder to write than we anticipated. The
desk is littered with dictionaries and the brain is fried. Please let us
know if you all have any troubles with the clues as we are so confused
ourselves at this point... But, don't let this, the cold and the drizzle
discourage you!! Have fun! BeMa

THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE BOX

Freedom Hill Park
Old Courthouse Rd.
Vienna, VA
Planted by BeMa
December 30, 2002

One of the things that we really like about the DC area is the diversity of
its people. Whether due to the diplomatic community or just a popular place
for immigrants, one can meet people from all over the world just around the
corner!

So, it is to those people (and those who came before our relatives being
some of them and those who were already here when we came) that we
dedicate this next box call Universal Language. It is fittingly placed in
a park called freedom as freedom is what brought many to this country to
start with.

O.K. enough with the sentimentality. The trick to finding this box is in
translating the parts of the clues that are in one of five european
languages (only three of which we speak and none too well.). If you have
any trouble, you can try a bi -lingual friend, a dictionary or one of the
free translating services on the web.

Have fun and Buena Suerte! Bonne Chance! Viel Gluck! Buono Fortuna! Boas
de Sorte!

Estacione in the circular Parkplatz and proceed to the segno o parque
listing all the reglement (park closes at dark, etc.) Comenzando at that
senal, count off dreizehn parking spaces heading in a direction dans le sens
inverse des aiguilles dune montre.

Go down the paved Pfad you are facing, entre les arbres. Pass the cour de
jeu a la sinistra. Pass dois rust-colored poteaux. Stop at the il terzo
poteau. Stand with your dos toward the odd ampitheater-like area (could
it be a pequena plaza de toros? An enclosure for les ours de Bern? Un
luoga di ballare the polka round and round? We think it was the scene of an
Oktoberfest judging from all the beer cans we cleaned up there!).

Take a reading of zweihundertundvierzig Grad which should point you toward a
sentier de terre heading into a floresta. From the path side of il
marciapiede , count cinquenta e tres Schritte into la foresta following this
ungepflastertem. You should see a arvore a la derecha with a bar
zweigstelle (at about thigh-height) that parece como a spigot for tapping
Ahorn sirup.

Continue ocho pasos from this baum and use your brujula to find
dreihundertundvierzig degrees. Take cinque steps in that direction. You
should see deux arbres conjuntos ahead. The mais magrinho looks like a
candy cane with diagonal cicatrices made from plante grimpante que ya no
esta.

Look dietro these alberi au-dessous dun petit bloc de ciment, les feuilles,
ramos pequenos, etc. Voila! Bien venue, bienvenida, benvenuto, boas vindas
und willkommen! You have found a UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE for us all!

We hope that you found this box muy divertido, uma aventura, viel Spass,
piacevole et un veritable tresor extraordinaire! We would love to hear from
you, in any language, at bema57@hotmail.com.




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