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My wife and I will celebrate 20 years of marriage next month. She has wanted, for a very long time, for me to travel with her
to her families European heritage - Ireland. Mind you here father was as much an American as my own he kept to his Irish roots
and we've been planning this trip for about 21 months - setting aside pennies and dollars to make it happen. Airline is booked,
resort property is booked for a week (I bought a time share for $95 on eBay and the dues are $275 so we get a weak at a resort
for $360) and then I donate it too a good cause for anything they can get. Car rental is booked and we've mapped out a night
in Dublin, 7 days at the resort in Killarney, a train ride to Belfast (titanic exhibit) with two nights there, another train ride back
to Dublin and fly home.
Clearly I'll be missing my 9mm which won't be going with me
Flights are kind of picky about many of my normal carry
items. Self defense seems to be "out the window" though I throw a knife pretty good and am putting one of those in my
checked luggage - hope that will be ok. My baggage will include lots of snack items, a walter filter bottle, some water
purification tabs, sealed beef jerkey, energy bars, etc. Got some first aid, but and will take about 10 one ounce Canadian
silver maple leafs with me in a wallet pouch on my person.
So if obummer stirs up a "SHTF" in Ireland I guess I'm just hosed next month - I'm not going to worry about it. I'll make
it hell for them to kick me out of that time share if we can't get back across that pond.
Any suggestions for you oft world travelers? I haven't been outside the country since working for our govt in an armed
capacity so this is a new one.
to her families European heritage - Ireland. Mind you here father was as much an American as my own he kept to his Irish roots
and we've been planning this trip for about 21 months - setting aside pennies and dollars to make it happen. Airline is booked,
resort property is booked for a week (I bought a time share for $95 on eBay and the dues are $275 so we get a weak at a resort
for $360) and then I donate it too a good cause for anything they can get. Car rental is booked and we've mapped out a night
in Dublin, 7 days at the resort in Killarney, a train ride to Belfast (titanic exhibit) with two nights there, another train ride back
to Dublin and fly home.
Clearly I'll be missing my 9mm which won't be going with me
items. Self defense seems to be "out the window" though I throw a knife pretty good and am putting one of those in my
checked luggage - hope that will be ok. My baggage will include lots of snack items, a walter filter bottle, some water
purification tabs, sealed beef jerkey, energy bars, etc. Got some first aid, but and will take about 10 one ounce Canadian
silver maple leafs with me in a wallet pouch on my person.
So if obummer stirs up a "SHTF" in Ireland I guess I'm just hosed next month - I'm not going to worry about it. I'll make
it hell for them to kick me out of that time share if we can't get back across that pond.
Any suggestions for you oft world travelers? I haven't been outside the country since working for our govt in an armed
capacity so this is a new one.