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| A thought occurs to me that might back all the above somewhat clearer, a list of the sequence of events! - Arrive at airport - Print off e-ticket if necessary - Find appropriate check-in desk - Check-in your hold luggage - Need to provide tickets, passport, visa. - Need to confirm who you are travelling with - Need to confirm you packed your bags yourself - Need to confirm you're not carrying anything for anyone else - Will get baggage weight and labelled - Will get fined if overweight/size or asked to junk items until within weight. - Will get luggage receipt, often stuck onto your ticket stub. - Will get seat numbers (if not already done when buying the tickets). May be able to choose. - Will get boarding card(s). - Use loo, eat, whatever as some airports have this boarding side but not check-in side of the barriers, others do it the other way on! - Go through security - Need to provide passport, tickets, visa - Need to have hand luggage fluid and electronics in a clear plastic bag - Need to take shoes off in some airports - Place hand luggage, plastic bag, shoes on provided plastic tray - Get contents of tray X-rayed - Pass under metal detector arch - Remove metal objects from your person - Go under arch again, praying you're clear this time as that Alsation looks hungry - Put all your belongings back together - Find a view screen with the departure information on it. Confirm the gate number for your flight and where to find the gate. - Relax until the flight is called - Go to the departure lounge for that gate - Will be called by seat number range to board - Need tickets, passport, boarding card, visa - Board. - Find seats, get out book, etc, and stow hand luggage in the overhead lockers - Sit down/stand up repeated times to allow other passengers to get into their seats - Latch seat belt, find out it's too short, die of embarrasment asking for the extension piece - Make sure seat is fully upright. - Die a thousand deaths waiting for the take-off slot :-) - Get served drink, food, ear-phones, duty free, some free, some paid for. - Travel - Get ready for landing - Put seat back into upright position - Makes sure safety belt is latched - Find stomach as that's still at 30,000 feet when you're at 20,000 - After landing - Wait until told to leave the aircraft - Use steps, portable corridor or hopper bus to get to the terminus - Go through security, usually after a five mile hike through the terminus - Will need passport, tickets, visa, patience of a saint - Will get quizzed on purpose of visit etc. - Use overhead screens to determine which carousel your luggage will pop up on - Die of boredom - Wonder what that funny smell is - Wonder if your luggage is now in Frankfurt - Die of relief when you finally spot your bags - Get elbowed out of the way as you try to grab it - Finally succeed in grabbing your bags on their 12th circuit - Swear as you notice one wheel's been snapped off in transit - USUALLY ARRIVAL BACK IN YOUR COUNTRY ONLY : - Go through customs, picking the correct channel, - May get stopped and questioned in Green, will be in Red. - May need to pay tax / dump forbidden goods - Leave airport wondering why the hell you ever left home in the first place until you get pinched on the arse by some hot totty for the first time in Rome  Fee | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098   Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Fee, I think you and I must be soul sisters!!  Okay, I need some time to absorb all this....it's just too much....funny, funny, | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442   | My DD just got back from Italy and didn't say anything about extreme security. She also brought back wine, which I haven't got yet. No stories about scary men, but she probably had her brand new DH pretty close at all times, and she does look Italian-ish  Her worst travel story was buying long distance phone cards that wouldn't work - $20 or so lost  The good news - wine under $2 a bottle all the time and always good | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Orbilia - 2007-10-26 10:39 AM After all that serious stuff, I wanted to send you a little something from that gorgeous Italian Patrizio Buanne to get you in the mood. It won't attach (too big?). Send me your e-mail in a PM and I'll mail it to you. Oh yea, Oooh Baby, baby...he's a cutie. I'm supposed to be a married woman. Italy is going to be a dangerous territory for me, Hey Fee, Just click on my email address on the little toggle below each one of my post. You should be able to send it right on over. Thanks Edited by Cyndi 2007-10-26 11:09 AM | ||
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| loose teas, honey, wine, etc should be able to come and go fine on the checked baggage. but don't be surprised if it's not in your luggage once you get back--as i said before, theft happens. it's not a security issue at that point, it's simply the issue that your bag isn't locked (security reasons), and people snatch things. one of my dear friends travels very frequently, and he said he ships everything that he wants to keep home, because anything in the checked luggage that is "cool" is often gone once he gets where he's going. bummer, but it happens. as for carry on stuff, it has to be a certain size (it's pretty standardized across all air ports--for example to get carry on lotion into the carry on, it had to be a certain size in UK, DK, NZ, France, and the US. so, as long as you know what size that is, then you're good to go. carry-on food stuffs that are home made will have to be dumped before getting into a country (going through customs), but foodstuffs that are packaged and opened most likely will not. this has been my experience in various countries. i found that a lot of my unusual, non-packaged carry-on dry goods were heavily questioned because of the concern that they might be drugs, contraband of some sort, or simply seeds or some sort of plant/mold material that could harm the ecosystem of the country to which i was traveling. for example, US customs let me carry on a small amount of herbal toothpowder that was home made, but NZ made me dump it because it couldnt' be identified or verified. which was fine, because i found vicco when i got there.  | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | When I went to Eastern Canada a few years ago, I packed horrible "power gel" energy goo (in it's own foil packaging) and soy protein powder in little foil pouches and stuck them all inside a big Nalgene bottle. I saw security looking at it a bit strangely and then realized how it probably looked I'll bet if it was an international flight I would have had to dump it all. And here's a separate tip from that journey - do NOT mix protein powder with water!  Bleahhhhh! | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Hey guys...well, it's getting to be about that time. I've backed out of this trip twice and now I'm back on again. I guess I should seeing as how my plane ticket is NON-refundable!! The stress level has been extremely high due to Philadelphia woes and just making it all happen. However, I'm in my packing mode now, I've deleted holiday stuff from the schedule and I've simplified even more than normal....so, it looks promising. I think I'm going to use Zoebird's packing list...but, ZB, please update this list...they have snow in Italy right now and its extremely cold. I think I need some more clothes to wear, and some boots too | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Fee, you have no idea, | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | NB, this is a girl's talk. It's absolutely best that you remain un-knowing this time. Trust me, everything's gonna be okay...eventually, when all this karmic BS plays itself OUT!! Meanwhile, I'll refrain from Fee's tempting advice...I do love those Italian Stallions though!!! They're such beautiful horses, | ||
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| yeah, Neel, you might want to stay away from that one! They are nice horses tho'!! I was just wondering today if you had left yet, I couldn't remember the date you are taking off... | |||
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| *LOL* Probably for the best Neel Fee | |||
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