Finally I'm here sitting in the Hotel Lombardy looking over a very charming 18th century area right on the edge of Georgetown University and just down the road from the White House. Am truly buggered - can't fault QANTAS (though I'd like to for consistency!!!) - we had the newly refurbished 747's designed my Marc Newson - thought it was all hype but I can say that an extra 3cm between seats really does make a difference long haul. The trip is still way too long but nothing one can do about that. LAX on the other hand - is still crap and the line up for immigration was immense and chaotic - made my connecting flight with 10 mins to spare. Dulles on the other hand is a lovely spacious airport - very clean, very
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