Where is the immigration ??

The air-travel was just as usual. The same boring 8 hrs. The same anxiety to catch the connecting flight on time (and so couldn't get a good look at the airport), and the same confusing telephone booths. I made a fast call to my home that I have reached Frankfurt and am just going to board the next flight. The flight from Frankfurt to Paris was a new experience, since it was the first domestic (will almost domestic) flight in a European country. It was simple and comfortable. No in-flight entertainment and no full-coarse meals. The breakfast was short and sweet, with packets of food delivered instead of a tray. The seats were comfortable and spacious and the journey was only 50mins. (shorter than Bombay - Delhi travel).

I reached Paris and started looking for the usual immigration directions. I could see only baggage-claim and exit. I went to baggage claim, got my bag and went towards the exit direction. After crossing several different escalator I found myself out the airport almost at the arrival area. So where is the immigration ???. Well, later I found out that there was a short check done at the Frankfurt airport and a security person saw my passport. He also stamped on it before I could realize and that was immigration !!!

This is a real shock for people who had traveled to US. Immigration means, a long queue and a moment of anxiety. Here it will be finally decided, whether you can enter the country or not (Remember the tom hanks movie 'The Terminal').