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1 journaler for this copy...
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Journal Entry 1 by 
Found this book outside the Acropolis metro station while I was releasing some books of my own. At first I thought I came across another bookcrosser's release, but, unfortunately I had no such luck. This is a quite nice guide to Athens in German, which I can not read! Anyway, I thought I should just register it here before I let it travel again... This is what I found about it in www.amazon.de: Dieser Reiseführer bringt Sie zielsicher zu den faszinierendsten Sehenswürdigkeiten, den spannendsten Events, den besten Hotels und den angesagtesten Adressen in Athen. Ob für den Kurztrip, die Luxusreise oder den Rucksackurlaub - die detaillierten Karten und über 300 Fotos zeigen, wo's langgeht. Verweise auf nützliche Internet-Seiten helfen, bei der Reiseplanung oder vor Ort die aktuellsten Informationen zu finden. |
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Journal Entry 2 by
I just noticed that the book has a stamp of "Stadtbibliothek Duisburg", and a tag on the back cover. I googled it and found that the book probably belongs to the Duisburg City Library. They have a site in the Internet!I'll try to contact them, see if they want this book back. Probably the person that borrowed it forgot it in Athens! |
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Journal Entry 3 by
Well, last night I sent an email to the sites webmaster, mentioning how I found the book and that I registered it in BookCrossing before realising that it belonged to a city library. I mentioned a few things about BookCrossing too. All, of course, in english, hoping that someone could read it!I found the following mail in my inbox this morning: Dear Sir! Thanks for your mail. I send your message directly to the Stadtbibliothek Duisburg. Mit freundlichen Grόίen im Auftrag Barbara Gerdes Stadt Duisburg Der Oberbόrgermeister Call Duisburg I guess the contact box mentioned in the site belonged to the City of Duisburg. Anyway, not much time passed and I got an email from the City Library! Dear Sir, thank you for your E-Mail. It would be very nice if you sent the book back to us. One of our library users has borrowed it and obviously took it on his trip to Athens, where he lost it. He probably is still in Greece, for he hasn't told us yet of the loss. If you want to send it back, I am sending you our address. If you agree, we will tell the user who has lost the book, that you found it and sent it back to Duisburg and if you want to, we will give him your address, so that he can thank you too. Thank you very much. Mit freundlichen Grόίen Im Auftrag gez. Uwe Holler So I guess the book will travel back to Germany after all! Imagine the surpise of the guy that borrowed it, when he realises that the book got back before him! I hope someone will journal entry it when it gets home! And maybe the people of the City of Duisburg will become BookCrossing fans! THE BOOK HAS ALREADY TRAVELLED 2.000 km (1.250 miles)! |
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Journal Entry 4 by
The book is safe in Germany!Today I got an email from the Duisburg City Library. People over there did not make a journal entry using the BCID, but at least they were kind enough to let me know that the book arrived safe at their hands. When I posted it, I enclosed some brochures about bookcrossing along with the book and a postcard of the Acropolis (after all, this is where I found the book), so I got a nice reply. Here is what they sent me: Dear Sir, The german book you found at the Acropolis metro station has arrived "at home" in Duisburg City Library. Thank you very much for sending it back. It was lost by the daughter of a library user. Both, father and daughter, were very happy, when we told them, that you did find it and that you had promised to send it back. In Germany we call people like you an "honest finder". So, meanwhile, the book ist back "at home" and is shelved among the other travel books on Athens. Many of our books are traveling around the world, but this one had an extraordinary adventureous journey... with a "happy end"! Thank you very much again! Mit freundlichen Grόίen Im Auftrag gez. Uwe Holler Stadt Duisburg Der Oberbόrgermeister Stadtbibliothek The library person joined as a member, librarian-uwe and posted something in the "Site Watch" forum. Amongst others he mentions: "By the way: Bookcrossing is well known in Germany, even by librarians. Me myself, I have released some bookcrossing books, which I found in my library (mostly at the railway station Düsseldorf Flughafen Fernbahnhof)." Isn't that cool, or what???? Let's hope that another reader will make a new journal entry someday... |
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