Marcia - 3:23 pm on Dec 10, 2008 (gmt 0)

This question was prompted by some relatives (in the U.S.) discussing visiting some relatives in Canada, and it was a complete shock to me to hear passports even being mentioned; I'd not have thought it was even a consideration or close to an issue.

I've never even half-way thought of Canada as being a "foreign country" in any way. I feel like they're "part of us" and that we're "part of them" - all one, like all of our states are one, here in the U.S.