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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 8:03 am
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TMOliver
 
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While I recall times 50 years ago when the practice was common (and the infamous French hotel custom of taking passports/IDs down to the gendarmerie to 'register" strangers in town was occasionally encountered), I recall no instances during a number of trips since 1981 or so....
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