So, we made the journey across the pond, and are now safely in Washington, D.C. British Airways? Won’t be flying with them again: they’re essentially a “Cattle-Class” airline like Southwest, but with UK Regional accents. We chose KLM for a reason: they were good, and they knew that long-haul flights needed legroom!
That said, the hotel is quite nice, and the internet access is better than we had in Glasgow: I dialed into work to fix a minor problem … and had better connectivity to Glasgow from here than I do when we’re in Glasgow. I’m glad that we’ve chosen to drop British Telecom as our provider. Sky will connect us before we’re back in the U.K.
We’re, of course, not adapted to the time yet: we were both wide awake at 3:00, local time, which is 8 a.m. in Glasgow. Nothing was open, of course, so we had to linger around for Starbucks to open at 6 a.m. Perhaps not surprisingly for here, there were about a dozen other people waiting, and the restaurant was fairly hopping at 6:45. These librarians / publishing folk are quite the morning people. Perhaps it shouldn’t shock me, but it’s a change from Glasgow, where nothing’s really awake until 10 a.m., at best.
Time to iron some clothes, and to pin on my ALA name badge (which identifies me as belonging to Random House). I think I’ll be able to milk that badge for all sorts of people pictures!
-D
Glad to hear you arrived safely.
Glad you made the trip safely and now for the time difference. Hope that adjusts itself very soon.
We here in Alaska don’t get moving that quickly either, especially on a rainy morning such as today I’m sitting here typing in my PJ’s at 9:30 am.
~Nan~
Have a good time. 😉
Paz
I went to ALA one time, when it was in Chicago, and the free books were cool, but I tend to stick to my smaller music librarian conferences. I hope you’re having a good time!
Yep! It’s just way too hot in D.C., and we’re still a bit jet-lagged. Other than that, we’re seeing lots of people for the first time that we only know from their blogs, which is great!
Hope you all have a great trip.
As to your bay leaf question – the bay laurel and california bay is milder than the West Indian Bay. The general flavour profiles are similar but certain notes are more pronounced in the WI bay perhaps because of it sheer size and texture of leaf.