We were "those people" at the airport - you know what I'm talking about, the people in front of you who can't seem to get their crap together while you stand there staring at your watch praying you dont miss your flight!
While going through security leaving Munich they had to re-scan our crap about 5 times. There were no signs stating that everything that might look electronic needed to be placed in its own bin. So we did the usual, laptops by themselves andno liquids, but our shoes got to stay on. Julie's bag got pulled, the entire contents dumped into bins and rerun (sweatshirt, rain coat, apples, a nook and our solar charger)...we knew my bag was in for a treat! My backpack went through the machine holding a nook, iPad, steripen, and a drybag full of cords and chargers (all things that zip through U.S. security with ease) and pretty much shut down our security line while they started running everything back through a couple pieces at a time. They were especially interested in the steripen, as they had never seen one before, and it got a special test after I explained what it was and how it worked...did I mention that after it passed its special test they ran it through the X-ray machine one last time for good measure! The umbrella managed to make it through with one scan but was heavily scrutinized as well.
The good news is we allowed plenty of time for such occasions and were in no rush!
It has actually been quite interesting comparing the various levels of security screenings as we have passed from country to country.
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