Summer 2016

I wasn't sure whether to bother with writing up this trip. To be honest I am not expecting to do much this time. As usual, there is always something going on. The flight out was unusual. We had booked to go through Iceland as it was significantly cheaper than the regular routes. We were slightly late leaving, no biggy, then two hours later we landed in Glasgow. Now that is only 200 miles. Turns out there was a "computer failure" at Keflavik Airport so no planes could land or leave. It seems there is a long running dispute between the air traffic controllers and the government. The law was changed preventing them from striking, so it seems the computer system is now having problems. 

We did get to Iceland a couple of hours late. The airport is small but it was crowded with a lot of people going to all sorts of places from Anchorage to Seatle, all leaving at 19:30. It was amazing how quickly they cleared all the flights. In the end we were about three hours late getting to Newark. On the up side, we got to see New York all lit up and didn't have to struggle to stay awake as it was nearly midnight by the time we got to S,s 

The next day we had our toes painted, a tradition when I go to the States. I love the chairs they sit you in, you get a lovely back rub at the same time. 

The next day was spent driving down towards North Carolina. It seems easier to travel vast distances here than in the UK. We stopped to look for somewhere to eat and found a local restaurant selling "soul food". It was busy so we thought it was worth a try. It took a while to have our order taken, someone ordered chicken, they didn't have any, no fries either, so we settled on our order and waited. One thing about people living south of NY , they are very friendly. An elderly man tapped me on the shoulder and asked if M had something wrong with his head. Oh heck I thought, we are being rude, M was wearing a baseball cap. He took it off and apologised, then we realised he was a Cowboys fan and M 's was a Steelers cap. Everyone had a good laugh. Then the waiter came back to say more of what we ordered wasn't available. It got to the point we were laughing and asking what was available. 

It sounds awful, but in fact was very funny. It was a new place so they hadn't quite got the hang of things. 

the Chesapeak BAY bridge tunnel.