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Postby mnemonicj on Tue May 03, 2005 4:10 pm

Odaise Gaelach wrote:
mnemonicj wrote:Make a photo copy of your passport and give it to a friend here in the US


Would they accept a photocopy? It seems really, really unlikely :eek:

France might not be so bad as long as you don't act like their idea of a typical arrogant American.


Would they settle for an Irish that always carries an emergency supply of Guinness? :whistle


A photocopy of your passport has all of your passport information on it and they can check with the local American embassy to make sure that the information is valid. Your passport has a passport number on it that can be cross-checked with the information on your passport to make sure it is you.

Like I said before, it may not be as good as a passport, but it is better than no identification at all.

Explained here.
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Postby kanaloa on Tue May 03, 2005 4:10 pm

I'd also like to see Japan sometime in the near future... ;) I plan to explore more of Polynesia first. Of course, in between there will be the trips to Europe I've promised Tash ;)
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Postby mnemonicj on Tue May 03, 2005 4:14 pm

I would like to see Europe. everything from Italy, to the UK, to Sweden. I have only been out of the country 4 times.

1. 1996 - Toronto, Canada
2. 1998 - Windsor, Canada
3. 2002 - Rio de Janiero, Brazil
4. 2004 - Rio de Janiero, Brazil during Carnival

I need to visit the Eastern hemisphere sometime...
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Postby Infinityeye on Tue May 03, 2005 4:16 pm

I've been to Suisse, France (for about 4x) Germany and Austria (Which are all in the Alps)...although I hadn't my digicam with all vacations...

Germany has a whole different culture than France. If you like roman style buildings, France offers you more of those...

For the rest I can only say for sure that the Germans really love to drink beer :drink: :guzzle:

mnemonicj wrote:I would like to see Europe. everything from Italy, to the UK, to Sweden. I have only been out of the country 4 times.

1. 1996 - Toronto, Canada
2. 1998 - Windsor, Canada
3. 2002 - Rio de Janiero, Brazil
4. 2004 - Rio de Janiero, Brazil during Carnival

I need to visit the Eastern hemisphere sometime...

On my turn I would like to see the Western Hemisphere...well, maybe one day that will come...
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Postby rippinchikkin on Tue May 03, 2005 4:23 pm

mnemonicj wrote:
Odaise Gaelach wrote:
mnemonicj wrote:Make a photo copy of your passport and give it to a friend here in the US


Would they accept a photocopy? It seems really, really unlikely :eek:

France might not be so bad as long as you don't act like their idea of a typical arrogant American.


Would they settle for an Irish that always carries an emergency supply of Guinness? :whistle


A photocopy of your passport has all of your passport information on it and they can check with the local American embassy to make sure that the information is valid. Your passport has a passport number on it that can be cross-checked with the information on your passport to make sure it is you.

Like I said before, it may not be as good as a passport, but it is better than no identification at all.

Explained here.


LMAO...... I don
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Postby Odinn on Tue May 03, 2005 4:23 pm

There's the auto museum in france. I would like to go there some day and sit in all those exotic cars :>
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Postby RedneckHunter on Tue May 03, 2005 4:34 pm

Cedreus wrote:There's the auto museum in france. I would like to go there some day and sit in all those exotic cars :>


In Germany there is the Autobahn...where you can DRIVE all those exotic cars and NOT get a ticket.....lol
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Postby scwritinglady on Tue May 03, 2005 4:56 pm

You know, a lot of people told me bad stories when I was preparing to go to Paris, but I had the time of my life there.

It is a GORGEOUS city with great food, history, and art (I could move into the Musee D'Orsay :)). I'd like to someday visit France outside Paris, but who knows when that will happen.

I agree with several of you, if you just act respectfully, they will respect you in return.

The only problem I had was a metro ticket woman got snotty with me because I mis-pronounced Louvre... otherwise..sounds like a great trip!
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Postby Infinityeye on Tue May 03, 2005 4:58 pm

RedneckHunter wrote:
Cedreus wrote:There's the auto museum in france. I would like to go there some day and sit in all those exotic cars :>


In Germany there is the Autobahn...where you can DRIVE all those exotic cars and NOT get a ticket.....lol

Yup, great to test how hard your new car can... :whistle (And it's only 100 km away from here I guess..)

NOTE: Not all Autobahns are a speed limit free zone.

In France you need to pay 'Peage' for nearly every highway outside of Paris...
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Postby mnemonicj on Tue May 03, 2005 5:29 pm

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