okay so the flight was

okay so the flight was delayed slightly but nothing too much to worry about – Virgin are great though the champagne welcome is brilliant. We were upstairs which was nice – as near to being upper class as you can get without the upgrade. The queue at immigration though was a pain – the frequent flyer INS thing sounds like a better idea each time I come this side of the atlantic. Then I was chosen for a random bag seach – good job I left the DVD porn at home 🙂 and then there was a huge line at Hertz. So all in all it took a while to et settled in the hotel, still the nice man in hertz gave us a really nice car – an upgrade of sorts I guess 😉 We were praying we didn’t get served by ‘Victor’ who was slimey as you could possibly get and so so camp it was scaring me. He was the kind of guy you see on TV when they are stereotyping really really camp faggots. Thankfully though he was still busy with another customer when we needed served. Close call though. The car has a GPS map system which is lots of fun we turned it on even though we knew the way just for laughs and the ‘turn left now’ comments.
We’ve had a quick trip to Target and a wander around Reston town centre so now off for a bite to eat at Ruby Tuesday’s before bed. I need to catch up on my sleep as I had a lot of Red Bull at Kazbar and te 2 sewers last night – so much that I was still buzzing and wide awake at 5:30 when I needed to be up and in a cab at 8:30 so erm no more red bull for me.

well last night [thursday] the

well last night [thursday] the taxi I had booked through work arrived at 8 to take me to the airport – the only flaw here being that my flight wasn’t until friday morning. So erm 12 hours early then. Luckily a cab turned up this morning too – I had visions of them not bothering to send one at all after the mess up the night before.
picked dave up from his in battersea and then on to the airport. It being comic relief the Virgin Atlantic staff were all kitted out in tee shirts and pants [the theme being say pants to poverty] and of course the obligatory man in womens clothing. He looked cute too – Gavin was his name – so if perchance you are reading this Gav – great legs 😉
The nice lady took a look at Dave and gave us seats by the exit so that he had extra leg room – me being a short arse it never really bothers me but I must admit it was fantastic to have nothing for about 3 feet – maybe more – in front of me.
I thought whilst on the plane that I have actually spent more time out of the country than in it in the last month or so and by the end of this trip I will have spent more time in the US than london over the last 2 months. Another day another flight!
This was my first flight with Virgin in Premium Economy and I must say I was impressed the service was excellent and our hostess was brilliant.


When Dave and I arrived in Dulles we managed to get on the wrong courtesy bus [my fault I usually hire with hertz and work had booked avis] so he was not exactly inspired with confidence! Got to the hotel with no problems and checked in to what is going to be my new home for the next 2 weeks – unless i switch to a hotel in DC at the weekend. The Hyatt in Reston is actually a nice hotel – just it’s in the middle of nowhere.

So we settled in and then went on the wander around Reston as it is Dave’s first trip out here. It doesn’t take long. Outside Barnes & Noble though we got asked to buy Girl Scout cookies – now I know you always see this in the movies but to come accross two girls [plus mum keeping tabs on the cask and stock] selling Girl Scout cookies – well I was in fits. We both bought some though after the initial shock had worn off! I got a box of Tagalongs which look nice :o)
Had a really nice meal in the market street bar and grill which is the hotel restaurant. and then went wandering to buy books and stuff. trying to stay awake until around 11pm here so I do not wake up hideously early. I’m sure my body is going to give up on the time zone thing shortly anyway. A different time zone each week for the past 4 weeks :o(