On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:36:36 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Gloria P wrote:
>
>> What a PITA it is trying to get wine home on a plane these days.
>
>You can say that again. We went to Europe this summer and wanted to take
>some local wines to hour hosts. I would have preferred to take it in
>carry one luggage rather than risk putting it in our suitcases.

I think I would have put the wine (properly packaged to prevent
breakage) in my suitcases. That way I'd have room to pack whatever I
bought overseas.

>I could
>not get anything at duty free leaving Toronto because we had a layover
>in Amsterdam and would not have been able to take it back on the plane
>there, though I could have picked up some at Schipol. We did buy some
>duty free booze in Tallinn and take it to Sweden with us. On the way
>home we flew from Copenhagen to Schipol, then on to Toronto, and were
>able to get some in Schipol. It is strange. You can buy duty free booze
>and take it on the plane at the airport where you buy it, but you cannot
>take it on board (in carry on) at any other airport.

I didn't know that!


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