11-04-2010, 01:38 AM
Good to see I'm not alone.
I've only been twice to the States, in 1998 and 2008, and I must say the change in Washington DC - Dulles airport and the city itself - was very striking: outside of a war film, I've never seen so many uniformed personnel as I did in 2008. The impression is of a banana republic; and, thus, I suspect, a very accurate one. Remind me to take a few brown envelopes in the unlikely event I ever return. With luck, and a sufficiently large wedge, I might get through passport inspection in under 6 hours.
Paul
I've only been twice to the States, in 1998 and 2008, and I must say the change in Washington DC - Dulles airport and the city itself - was very striking: outside of a war film, I've never seen so many uniformed personnel as I did in 2008. The impression is of a banana republic; and, thus, I suspect, a very accurate one. Remind me to take a few brown envelopes in the unlikely event I ever return. With luck, and a sufficiently large wedge, I might get through passport inspection in under 6 hours.
Paul