Thank you all for sharing about Birsay! I'm excited about the new reference info and plan to do some digging once all the kiddos are in bed and I get my quiet time. :D I'm very curious to know more about what Birsay was like during the height of Viking activity, then the middle Middle Ages and compare to modern day. (i.e. the village, population, etc) Thanks again, Frieda, off to bake a pumpkin pie --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.