10. Don't phone ahead.
9. Start with something easy -- like France.
8. Make sure everybody uses the rest room before your armored columns rumble across international borders.
7. Don't feed the raccoons at KOA campsites.
6. Nerve gas: Don't leave home without it.
5. If "Nightline" calls for an interview, make sure Ted Koppel is doing the show - not Forrest Sawyer.
4. Take along a gift for your host - for example, a puppet regime.
3. Point out that people liked the British invasion of the '60s.
2. Plenty of change for tollbooths.
1. Don't just race through a country. Take some time to smell the goats.