On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
Frequent travellers to Europe will no doubt confirm what I'm saying. I travelled to dozens of countries in Europe a while back, and never was checked at any borders, save for a quick glance at my passport.
--Tim May
This may, in part, depend on your mode of transport. Or maybe the phase of the moon. In June of '93, I took a train from Rome to Nice, something which had worked nicely for me in the past. That time we were all uncermoniously dumped out at a whistle-stop border checkpoint and forced to carry our luggage past some guys in uniforms. I think some people got a quiz, though I did not. After an hour or two, they let us board a *different* train to complete the last little bit of our journey. That's the only border harassment I've experienced in Western Europe. Eastern Europe has been more interesting on occasion. Brad