Hey, US border entry is uncomfortable for US citizens too. In LAX you have to wait in three different lines to enter the country, showing your passport at each one. One robot takes your picture, then an unhappy person looks at the blurry picture you just took, and stamps it with a grunt. You wait and wait for your luggage. Then you wait in line one more time, hand the same blurry picture to an unhappy person. They take your blurry picture for themselves, and grunt if you are allowed in the country.
Somehow the Netherlands could let me in their country with one guy looking at my passport and asking me one question: "You're from California." "Yep." "OK, thanks." Much better English.
I think I could manage Worldcon in 2021, though. If you're planning to go, fly into National Airport if at all possible so as to avoid the hour ride into DC, or hour-plus from Baltimore. It's on the metro, much easier. Fun fact, you can tell that I'm a liberal by the fact I say "National Airport" -- conservatives call it "Reagan Airport". There is a compromise option to say "Reagan National Airport" if you really want to keep to protocol.
Somehow the Netherlands could let me in their country with one guy looking at my passport and asking me one question: "You're from California." "Yep." "OK, thanks." Much better English.
I think I could manage Worldcon in 2021, though. If you're planning to go, fly into National Airport if at all possible so as to avoid the hour ride into DC, or hour-plus from Baltimore. It's on the metro, much easier. Fun fact, you can tell that I'm a liberal by the fact I say "National Airport" -- conservatives call it "Reagan Airport". There is a compromise option to say "Reagan National Airport" if you really want to keep to protocol.
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