I had never travelled out of the U.S. except in 1990 on my way to the Middle East. We had stopovers in Frankfurt and London. Never saw anything except the base. So I had no idea how to do any of it. I didn't even have a passport.
Never had to find out about entering other countries, how long you could stay, etc. Didn't know what to expect at customs. I did a lot of research. Got true and false information.
As an American, it's fairly easy to enter the UK and Europe. In England you line up, scan your passport and it takes your picture and that's it. Once you are in the UK, you don't have to show your passport again. As of now, passing into Ireland from Northern Ireland, at least, by train, required no passport. I think they are still negotiating the border situation after Brexit. .
When we entering Europe it changed. We entered the Schengen zone, made up of 26 countries in which you can travel without showing passport for 90 days. (By the way, Ireland is not in the Schengen and neither is the UK).
Leaving Ireland our passports were checked. When we got to Vienna, checked again and asked where we were going and how long we would be there.
If you overstay in the Schengen even one day, you can be fined, jailed or banned. You can spend 90 days in the Schengen every 6 months. So we will leave here after 90 days.
We will have to spend 90 days outside the Schengen. We plan to go to Morocco and Turkey and another couple places yet to be determined.
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