Dave wrote:

> FWIW, I have crossed the US border many times and I have travelled around
> Europe. While passports were required, no one ever looked at them. The
> first time I went to Europe I arrived in Paris. We had filled out a form,
> walked up to a the desk, handed in the form, held out my Canadian passport
> and was waved through. Last summer I went through customs and immigration
> in the Netherlands, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark and Canada. The only place
> they ever actually looked at the passport was in Toronto. In Amsterdam
> they passed it under a scanner.

My experience is different. At London's Heathrow airport, I had to show my
passport at multiple checkpoints inside the airport, and the attendant was
scrutinizing them closely. (And this was *before* 9/11.)

Bob