Hi!
Long day in DC, as our plane didn’t leave until 5:35 pm –
which is REALLY unusual for us, as I
usually book the first thing out in the morning!
So, this time, we slept in a bit and went down for a so-so
breakfast about 8:30 am. We had to vacate
the room by 11 am, so that’s about when we left the Leesburg hotel. Found some reasonably priced gas (thanks to Gas Buddy!) and filled up, and were at Dulles
by noon. Turned the car in a couple of
hours early, which actually saved us $30 on the bill, which wasn’t too shabby.
Dulles, at noontime, was eerily deserted! Where were all the people? We got through Pre-Check with no problems,
and took the shuttle across the field to Concourse D. One of the first things we saw as we got off
the shuttle was a new French bistro that had recently been added, so we decided
it would be a great place for lunch.
We
both ordered their French Dip with fries, and, while it came with cheese on the
beef, it was a fabulous sandwich! We’ve
never eaten so well at Dulles, which has been famous for a notable lack of
decent food!
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| A little Sauvignon Blanc... |
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| Yummy! |
Sauntered down to D4, where we had something like 4½ hours
to wait. I actually lay down on a couple
of chairs and fell asleep for a bit, which was lovely if not private. It was
interesting to watch the terminal gradually fill up with people. I think that lots of European flights arrive
in late afternoon, and outgoing flights to Europe are sometime after that.
Our plane boarded on time, and left not too long after the
schedule. However, the pilot informed us
that because of some terrible weather in the mid-west, that we were going to
have to divert south – and as it turns out, we were diverted out over New
Orleans, and came back up to the U.S. somewhere over Nogales. Took about 20 minutes longer than normal, but
at least we didn’t have too much turbulence.
The WiFi did NOT
work on the flight, though, so to make up for it, everyone got free DirecTV – which is a bummer, as I had
paid $4.99 to have it…supposedly my “credit” will be available for the next six
months. I did get to watch the Thursday
night football game, though, which is definitely a positive!
Got in around 8 pm and the luggage came in its normal
“Phoenix-y” fashion – lots of people mulling around and no order to
anything. However, we were quickly
whisked to the rental car shuttle, where we picked up our rental car for
home. Got in about 10:45 pm – after a
very long day!
So, thank you so much for coming with us, and hope we’ll be
back blogging soon – Turkey3 in
January!
Lots of love,
m
xxx
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