Is there anyway to avoid getting the passport stamped
 

Just flew EasyJet from Tallinn, Estonia to Berlin. Only five gates at the Tallinn Airport so I did not get lost. The fasten seat belt sign (well, you expect me to say this) was on for the first 7 minutes and the last 12 minutes of the 1 1-2 hour flight. There was more room on the seats compaired to Span Air.

Anyway, the only problem going to Tallinn, is that they stamped my passport in Helsinki when I left by ship, then again when I arrived in Tallinn, then again when I left Tallinn, and again when I arrived in Berlin. That is four stamps and I only have four blank spaces left. When I left Helsinki, the passport guy said, you have traveled a lot. I said, when you go to Tallinn, you get a lot of stamps.

Anyway to avoid this. What do you frequent flyers do about this.

If it is a US passport, you get additional pages from the Passport Office.

I was also going to suggest additional pages, but if your passport is near expiration just go ahead and renew.

If you do have some time left on your passport, get extra pages.

Hint: If you have some free time during your travels in a city that has US Consulate, get it done there. It's free and usually takes less than 1 hour.

In May I had it done at the Tokyo Embassy and it took about 2 hours in the morning, total, from my vacation time, and that included subway transportation both ways and waiting for the Consulate to insert 12 pages - Free!!! No mailing and no worries.

A lot of folks on the Europe board complain that they canNOT get their passports stamped; so consider yourself lucky, as you have a good souvenir of your trip.

Great idea, AAFF!

wally,
Next time you renew (if you aren't doing this already), request the larger (more pages) passport.

Great idea about having it done in person for free. I do not like mailing a passport.

The city of Berlin was alive last night. I will never forget what the German flag looks like. Things are a little quiet this morning.

I will be flying home from my four week trip to Europe tomorrow. Time sure does go fast when one spends money.