The breakfast in Ramsay Plan Food at Heathrow terminal 5 was very good. Not large, just one sausage, a couple of rashers of bacon, half a tomato and a few slices of mushrooom, but it was well cooked and immensely flavoursome.
Food on the plane was average, and the leg room and elbow room was limited, but livable. The entertainment system is digital - not games, but a big choice of videos and TV shows, all of which start when you want to watch them, so you don't miss the beginning if you join "late". I watched Control (film about the life of Ian Curtis, lead singer with Joy Division) and then saw an episode of Mitchell and Webb show. Both were interesting, for very different reasons. Ian Curtis's story was rather sad; M&W was funny (Robert Webb won the Red Nose Dancing program, remember?). I finished my book (David Peace, Red Riding 1974) just as we landed. Good timing!
We got a pre-booked car from the airport to the hotel. The photo shows Juggie leering from the back window!
The hotel is nice. I have a nice river view plus two double beds and an enormous bathroom - see the other photos.
We're not very close to central Washington. Apparently, the convention centre and neighbourhood were built recently on reclaimed land on the side of the Potomac river. It's a funny area: just rthe convention centre, hotels, touristy shops, and restaurants. No sense of community here. Anyway, it's nice and clean and new, and the sun is very bright - though not quite as warm as the brightness would suggest.
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