Oh, I forgot one of the better/ worst ones:Moscow, standing in line for the passport control before leaving the country. My turn so I go forward, put my hand in the pocket, and hand over the passport. Just as she grabs the passport I see a USD 100 bill got stuck inside the passport. Now what? Surely she will think it is an attempt to bribe her. Which would mean something was wrong... Clearly she did think that. She looked at every single page, and at every stitch at the seam, and every stamp there. For several minutes. Meantime I'm thinking I'm surely going to get to see Siberia too.. And what do I do if she doesn't return my USD 100? Complain to someone that "she took my non-bribing bribe?" I could see that going bad very quickly. In the end though, after making a proper long line, I got the passport back. With the USD 100. And she said "congrats". Not sure for what, but maybe great passport work?
I'm starting to think that either you're VERY well traveled... Or you're exaggerating.
Do the two passports have to be from the same country?
Quote from: Vidar on September 19, 2018, 03:12:18 PMOh, I forgot one of the better/ worst ones:Moscow, standing in line for the passport control before leaving the country. My turn so I go forward, put my hand in the pocket, and hand over the passport. Just as she grabs the passport I see a USD 100 bill got stuck inside the passport. Now what? Surely she will think it is an attempt to bribe her. Which would mean something was wrong... Clearly she did think that. She looked at every single page, and at every stitch at the seam, and every stamp there. For several minutes. Meantime I'm thinking I'm surely going to get to see Siberia too.. And what do I do if she doesn't return my USD 100? Complain to someone that "she took my non-bribing bribe?" I could see that going bad very quickly. In the end though, after making a proper long line, I got the passport back. With the USD 100. And she said "congrats". Not sure for what, but maybe great passport work? LOL! I'm starting to think that either you're VERY well traveled... Or you're exaggerating. At least we know that Moscow passport control doesn't accept bribes.... That might be useful to know.
Quote from: Etherealicer on September 19, 2018, 02:39:36 PMPoor dogs, got replaced by a machine... whats nextI got stuck in Chicago once. (They claimed it was a snowstorm..). Anyway, waiting in the very long passport line we noticed this very cute little dog going along the line with some not so cute officers. After some walking along the line it scratched and sat down next to an elderly couple. People kind of moved away from them and the officers politely asked them to open and go through their hand luggage. Great suspense! Are those elderly funding their pension with drug running? After a while the officers triumphantly produced an apple - kind of downer somehow.It turned out it was a fruit dog. I guess some dogs just flunk at drugs or something
Poor dogs, got replaced by a machine... whats next
Quote from: Don Pablo on September 19, 2018, 03:53:35 PM Do the two passports have to be from the same country? It might help? (I'm assuming that is some cunning trick question? )
Quote from: Vidar on September 19, 2018, 03:12:18 PMQuote from: Etherealicer on September 19, 2018, 02:39:36 PMPoor dogs, got replaced by a machine... whats nextI got stuck in Chicago once. (They claimed it was a snowstorm..). Anyway, waiting in the very long passport line we noticed this very cute little dog going along the line with some not so cute officers. After some walking along the line it scratched and sat down next to an elderly couple. People kind of moved away from them and the officers politely asked them to open and go through their hand luggage. Great suspense! Are those elderly funding their pension with drug running? After a while the officers triumphantly produced an apple - kind of downer somehow.It turned out it was a fruit dog. I guess some dogs just flunk at drugs or something Oh yeah cute dogs... do not travel with an empty bottle of orange juice
Quote from: Vidar on September 19, 2018, 04:27:51 PMQuote from: Don Pablo on September 19, 2018, 03:53:35 PM Do the two passports have to be from the same country? It might help? (I'm assuming that is some cunning trick question? )That would have been fun... yeah, if you have dual citizenship: "my Dutch passport did run out but I still got my Swiss passport."
Quote from: Etherealicer on September 19, 2018, 04:47:05 PMQuote from: Vidar on September 19, 2018, 04:27:51 PMQuote from: Don Pablo on September 19, 2018, 03:53:35 PM Do the two passports have to be from the same country? It might help? (I'm assuming that is some cunning trick question? )That would have been fun... yeah, if you have dual citizenship: "my Dutch passport did run out but I still got my Swiss passport."The reason I ask is because I have an Irish and a Spanish passport... so I was trying to imagine what passport control would think of that.
Quote from: Don Pablo on September 19, 2018, 06:13:58 PMThe reason I ask is because I have an Irish and a Spanish passport... so I was trying to imagine what passport control would think of that. Give it a try...
The reason I ask is because I have an Irish and a Spanish passport... so I was trying to imagine what passport control would think of that.
Quote from: Etherealicer on September 19, 2018, 08:58:32 PMQuote from: Don Pablo on September 19, 2018, 06:13:58 PMThe reason I ask is because I have an Irish and a Spanish passport... so I was trying to imagine what passport control would think of that. Give it a try... I’m Jason Bourne!
We (4 of us) used the metro in St. Petersburg, lifting our luggage over the entrance gate and triggered the alarm multiple times. Unsurprisingly, metro-police showed up. Turns out, you are supposed to buy a ticket for your luggage. So, we got a fine of 100 rubles (for all of us, and we got a receipt for the fine), the ticket would actually have been more expensive (4x 80 rubles).