Scott,will you be staying with friends or have a known address? You may want to arrange for some possible mail orders to your US destination beforehand. Given the state of the world, I cannot help but invision John Cleese in a customs uniform pulling out a Mickey Mouse doll clutching a knife and saying "Whats all this then?" - wink, wink, nudge nudge <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />