It’s different if you’re a foreign national. In ‘05 I was traveling in the EU, across the open borders, and got checked by customs agents because of a bombing

It’s different if you’re a foreign national. In ‘05 I was traveling in the EU, across the open borders, and got checked by customs agents because of a bombing in, I believe, London. Thought it was weird but, whatever… Later on I pieced together what happened because even if they were only doing spot checks it’s not like I don’t perfectly blend in with Europeans. A bit of an aside, custom agents absolutely loved my customs stamp from Iraq back then. Well, aside from the Dutch.