The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists

Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists by etherael on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:01AM (#3712768)

CDG airport in France has awesome security. One time through there after having put my passport through a washing machine by accident, when I asked if this would be a problem they just laughed and said no, no, not at all, it's very clean.

Meanwhile, under no circumstances would I even consider visiting or transiting the US.

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Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists by emwa on Friday March 16, 2012 @08:36AM (#3713008)

I recently had to change Airports in France from CDG to Orly when travelling to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. I had a Schengen Visa and on mentioning that I was on transit to Barcelona, they started demanding to see the invitation (Lucky I had it printed), whether I had some cash to take me Orly Airport, my credit card and a load of bullshit questioning by a guy who I could hardly hear because he was speaking very fast in a low voice behind the glass. I felt like asking him to speak up but felt like that wouldn't have ended well. After some moments he stamped the thing and threw it back.

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Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists by rb2k_ on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:40AM (#3712867)

They do make your exit the security zone on layovers though. That's the reason why I try to avoid CDG if i can.

Side note: All google servers are reachable for free over the wifi. (you can e.g. set up an app engine proxy)

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