One of the worst aspects of international travel is customs and immigration. Some are mellow, even kind, some are scary. Returning to the US is always either a bit scary and or completely annoyingly over-crowded and confusing. Ireland was chill, Russia was scary, Mexico can be concerning.

It pays to research what can get you into trouble. I was advised to make sure my shoes did not have a grain of soil going into Australia and also New Zealand. I understand the reason. But they do inspect your shoes. And there was a bin full of shoes that were taken from now barefoot travelers. New Zealand took a jar of honey Mrs P. bought in Australia. The honey was from New Zealand.

If you want to do around the world, Canada should serve.

But what a horrible story. Put a uniform on a zealot and you got trouble.