HOW TO GET THROUGH CUSTOMS
When you are travelling abroad you don’t have to worry about customs, of course.
But on the way back…
Oh, my God, the price you have to pay because of customs!
About three weeks before leaving Germany the talk begins:
“Everything’s fine, but once we reach Shepetivka…”
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“Been to Tiergarten?”
“Yeah.”
“And how d’you like it? A fabulous park, don’t you think?”
“Marvellous place. But I don’t know whether customs frisk your pockets.”
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“Come from Potsdam?”
“Yes!”
“Wilhelm wasn’t mad when he chose to live there. What a park! And the rooms! The fountains! The cleanliness! The order everywhere!”
“Yeah! Makes you wonder. But do customs really let through only one
