In contrast to Deror's experience with tours, the tour of the Congressional Cemetery was excellent. No passport needed, and no security checks. ;-)
Mike On 10 Jul 2012, at 22:24, aude wrote: > No passport or id needed for the Capitol tour > > Not a bad idea to carry your passport around though > > Katie > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 10, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Josh Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To corroborate what Beria said: I needed to carry my passport with me while >> traveling around Europe (except within Poland, where I carried my [national] >> student ID). And since I was advised not to get a residence permit (stay of >> less than one year, that's why), it was sometimes hasslesome to convince >> people that I was staying in Poland. This most notably happened, for Nemo's >> sake, in Italy, where I was detained at Fiumicino for around 10-15 minutes >> while immigration personnel tried to "clarify" my status. >> >> But then again, in Southeast Asia, we need passports to travel even within >> the region anyway, so we're used to it. :P >> >> Josh >> >> JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM >> Block I1, AB Political Science >> Major in Global Politics, Minor in Chinese Studies >> Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University >> Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines >> >> Vice-President (2011-2012), Wikimedia Philippines >> Member, Ateneo Debate Society >> Member, The Assembly >> Member, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura >> >> [email protected] | +63 (927) 531-8301 >> Friendster/Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor >> http://akira123323.livejournal.com >> >> From: Béria Lima <[email protected]> >> To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:50 AM >> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Badly organized tours >> >> Oh Frederico, that is only for European citizens, my ID isn't valid in >> Europe. ;) >> >> But then, I can travel almost all South America without a passport, while >> you need to carry yours here. ;) >> _____ >> Béria Lima >> >> Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre >> acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir >> esse sonho. >> >> >> On 10 July 2012 22:43, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> wrote: >> Béria Lima, 11/07/2012 03:23: >> >> Well, you need to care a valid ID with you all time, not necessarily >> your passport. >> >> But then, I lived almost 3 years in Europe and the only times someone >> asked for my passport was in the airports to get in and out. ;) >> >> Well, you don't even need the passport if you're flying within Europe. It's >> hard to get used to <s>barbaric</s> foreign habits but after all we've >> survived Israel... >> >> Nemo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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