It was one of those trips.
The weather forecast had promised sunshine . Instead it delivered a hurricane. The airline, ever sensitive to the weather, cancelled our connecting flight from Edinburgh to the US. Rebooked on a flight to Baltimore the next evening our luggage went to Philadelphia. At the airport 'The Fonts' phone was stolen. Dealing with a stolen phone in a different country proves to be 'interesting'. Our hotel, when we got there, had decided we were no shows and had reassigned our room. It was now fully booked. The fact we had prepaid and phoned to explain the situation with the flights was treated with remarkable disinterest. Service, or the lack of it, is not only a Scottish problem. Then, sequentially, we went down with an irritating bug that lasted exactly three days and had two symptoms - an all embracing lethargy and an irritating chest cough. Paracetamol proved ineffective but copious doses of Pinot Noir worked wonders.
We had a great time despite these inconveniences. We missed out on The Inn at Perry Cabin and a restaurant out beyond Manassas but discovered Annapolis which we loved and where we had a meal that was superb. Separated from our baggage we bought new wardrobes from UniQlo. This low end Ginza chic cannot be praised too highly although a choice of colour other than navy blue might have made us look less alarmingly colour coordinated.
On the way back we discover British Airways has backwards facing seats on its 787's. Angus has a great view of an engine cowl. We are now home from Edinburgh and the weather is ( annoyingly ) bright and sunny. Tomorrow when mind and body are once again coordinated there will be pictures.
