[Leica] OT: International Travel

[Tina Manley]

We are currently traveling and have run into no anti-American attitudes.
Whenever we have engaged in political discussions, we have mainly been met
with sympathetic feelings about our current administration (or lack
thereof).

It will be interesting coming back in the USA because we both have Iranian
visas in our passports from last year.  And if they ask me about Trump, I
will tell them what I think.  We do have Global Entry Known Traveler cards
which may or may not help.  Everyone we talked to really recommended them
so we went ahead and got them - takes about a month and an interview.

I would certainly not give up traveling!  That would be giving in to the
evil forces!

Tina

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Since the LUG includes travelers to and from all over the world, I'd like
> to ask a question.  Americans, are any of you considering changing your
> international travel plans in light of the last couple of weeks?  And
> Europeans, do you have any indications that Americans might be made to feel
> unwelcome in your countries, either by border officials or the "man or
> woman on the street?"
>
> I am NOT looking to start a political discussion.  We are trying to decide
> whether or not to book airline tickets.  I was born in the U.S.  My wife is
> a long-time naturalized citizen originally from Ukraine, and speaks with an
> accent. Occasionally her background has led to minor but unnerving extra
> scrutiny when traveling. And that was before all the "exciting" new
> developments since Jan 20.
>
> Feel free to respond by direct email if things might stray beyond what is
> appropriate for the LUG.
>
> --Peter
>
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