Water and broom travel

[Judy M. Ellis]

No: HPFGUIDX 44690

 "Bill Hack" wrote:
> Does wide open water act as an insulator, and ban the use of 
brooms? 
>  It just strikes me that the reason there aren't any Yanks at 
> Hogwarts is simply the difficulty of trans-oceanic wizard travel.
>
But there are Americans who manage to attend the Quidditch World 
Cup.  GoF Ch. 7 " a group of middle-aged American witches sat 
gossiping happily beneath a spangled banner stretched between their 
tents that read: THE SALEM WITCHES' INSTITUTE."  It does not say 
exactly, but we are lead to believe that they must have used a 
Portkey.
--Judy