At US airports there are also soldiers or guards carrying big scary automatic weapons in plain sight, you get your fingerprints taken and a picture shot from several angles like you're some sort of criminal and if they decide your papers warrant "special attention" you'll get not only yelled at, but fondled quite a bit more than just a few tugs on your beard.
It's also the only place that made me take my shoes off before the metal detector, which I found quite humiliating--maybe sounds weird but there is something about having to partially undress and being made to walk around on your socks for a bit in front of very unfriendly looking officers trying to decide whether they shall give you an additional pat-down or not that just screams WELCOME TO AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE.
I dunno, it was good to have visited the place once but I'm not sure if I want to go there again. My US friends can come to Europe next time :)
It's also the only place that made me take my shoes off before the metal detector, which I found quite humiliating--maybe sounds weird but there is something about having to partially undress and being made to walk around on your socks for a bit in front of very unfriendly looking officers trying to decide whether they shall give you an additional pat-down or not that just screams WELCOME TO AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE.
I dunno, it was good to have visited the place once but I'm not sure if I want to go there again. My US friends can come to Europe next time :)