Thanks for the entertaining report. I truly enjoyed your airport "shopping". Before I learned about Flyertalk I thought I was the only person looking for timetables and baggage tags of Yemenia or Air Mauritius...

On the other hand I really canīt follow your logic in combining the WWII and the HM customs procedures, let alone the football hooliganism. Does the US customs give preferential treatment to the allied countriesī citizens and give much harder time to the Japanese citizens fir example?

The Schengen, what makes it a total sovereignity breaker? Since this is a Flyertalk, I really appreciate the fact that it has made intra-European flying much easier and less hassle-free. Compared to domestic US flying for example. I really donīt see how the national sovereignity of the European nations can be diminished with losing a few passport/customs checks. I am quite sure that you know Europe cherish a long history of nationstate that one agreement really cannot wipe out.

Enough of that, waiting for your next installment!

Regards,

niko