>And between the games and new years eve, you can pop across the tasman sea and visit New Zealand. Then you will have visited 2 dramatically different (but both great) countries in one go. -- Sarah ;)

Sarah,

Thanks for the invite. My wife, our six kids, and our two very large dogs will arrive on 2 October, 2000 ;)

Seriously, though, I'd love to visit New Zealand some day. I'd be interested to know how the two countries differ (I'm pretty ignorant about the area). Here in the US we tend to lump the two countries together. Maybe it's the flags...