Malcolm , you may not be aware of how the US is such a stickler for proper ettiquette. We would have been there earlier but until we were invited, good form required use to stay at home. And then there was the matter of the right clothes, no whites after labor day except for Navy guys. things like that there.


As a total aside: Did we all known that French toast was originally German toast but then came WWI and the name was changed to an ally rather than use the name of an enemy?

Don