@Vegan: Oh I see. That makes sense.
I live in the US right now, but my husband is British and I met him while we were both studying in the UK. :)
There are lots of places to get it in the US, but I haven't looked into it too much.
I'm sorry about your parents. When I was in CA and they were on the East coast they didn't save up to see me and it was very hurtful. Finally after many fights and like 5 years out there my mom finally (they are divorced) came out for Thanksgiving but it was only for a few days and she acted like she didn't want to be there.
But now that I'm in DC and she is in PA she comes down a lot more and is happy about it. I don't really understand the difference.