Boring long, delayed flight - watched Green Zone - and then arrived to very overcast Washington. Huge queue for immigration. Had teething problems with new Tom Tom navigation system so ended up in a very quiet wood when a huge stag jumped out in front of me, so felt like I was in Kinnloch Rannch. The drive down to Charlottesville also made me feel I was on the A9 as well. Incredibly horrible weather, but fortunately I had the measure of the accent on the Tom Tom by now so found my hotel - more following the lines on the screen than on the road as there was so much water around. Was greeted with the news that they had had a heatwave for last few months with no rain but now it had all come in one hour or so. In the spirit of Don Draper, went to the bar to order an Old Fashioned - but it was closed early on Sunday.
Now Monday morning and getting ready to go and fix myself alongside Monticello. Very excited to see where I am staying obviously, but also very excited to discuss the ideas for research and what can be done with the research. No point in doing it if just for a personal project.
Just to complete the Kinnloch Rannoch theme - here's the view from my window at the moment - I don't know what I quite expected, but it probably wasn't this!
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