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
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> 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
>>  
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>> From: Béria Lima <[email protected]>
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>> 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
>> 
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