Yay! Now everyone else is excited too!

[Ebony AKA AngieJ]

Thanks so much for the travel tips, guys!  Neil, rest assured I'll be 
e-mailing you re: London and Simon again re: Oxford.  I'll also 
arrange it so I *won't* miss you... we have to meet so I can bring 
you a Detroit Red Wings keychain or cap or something.

Heather, I'd love to meet up... in fact, can't wait!  Will take you 
up on the offer for braids.  The way you make it sound, if it's that 
idyllic, I may end up moving there.  :)  Only problem:  don't have a 
magic wand, so I can't visit Diagon Alley. :(

The solution is to get my hair braided right before I leave home, and 
then get it re-braided somewhere in England.  You wash braids on the 
same schedule as regular hair, so they start to unravel and frizz.  
One of my personal pet peeves is bad hair--I like to be well-groomed 
even on a trip.

Amanda, Parker, I'm not trying to rub it in, really!  I'll have 
online access during the whole trip... what else are notebook 
computers for?  I'll take pictures and post them to the Files section 
of one of the groups.

Only problem:  it's going to be really hard explaining why I have to 
meet all these British friends.  And when I insist on seeing King's 
Cross Station, they'll really start suspecting things.  And... if 
there is any major Harry Potter event while I'm there, the cat's out 
of the bag.  I'm there.

So now I'm praying there will be secret Harry Potter fans there along 
with me... we can sit around and giggle about being in England 
together.  I'm sure it'll be a blast.  

Looking back at the England vs. Spain dilemma, I wonder what the 
debate actually was.  :)

I'll keep you guys updated!

--Ebony AKA AngieJ