New iPad

Sunday Hello VA

Our plane from LA was full of the US water polo team on their way to Europe. They were such big blokes that having two such teams would fill up an Olympic pool. Of course, weather delayed our arrival at Dulles, so all the ordinary folk waited patiently while the big blokes got off to run for their connections.

This new iPad doesn’t have a Blogger app (they don’t appear in the App Store any more) and the WiFi at the Wolf Trap hotel in Vienna has always been crappy. So I will have to wait to blog until we get somewhere with good wifi. I wandered to Wholefoods after the traditional arrival dinner at Amphora. (A plate full of roasted vegetables. . my gut bacteria will be happy). Not too many shops have changed but Macgruders, the old family supermarket has gone. The Vienna Inn is still open but I noticed that a group of blokes were sitting in the cafe in Wholefoods, drinking fancy beer while they watched the game. 

I was almost the only person walking down the main drag of Vienna. Most folk have always driven, but it looks a bit deserted, even for a Sunday night.

Monday

A day at the Bank. I got a new ID. I am still in their system. Then I got a new SIM card for my phone and caught the Metro back to Vienna to have an afternoon nap. The community gardens in Nottway Park are all so neat this early in the growing season. 

(Photo to follow when I figure that out)

 Nottway Park

Could not nap but went to sleep immediately after dinner, again. To wake up at 2am, again. It was a good thing I did because the Guild News editor needed me to proof the June issue which should be at the printer already (again).

Tuesday

Caught the Greyhound from Union Station to Philadelphia. They are being run into the ground. No fancy services on those clapped out buses! But the price is right. . . $20 each. We are on the 22nd floor of the Lowes Hotel (conference rates). Jo is having an afternoon nap. I need to stay awake.

Union Station