And so goodbye to Washington DC. We took the train back to New York on Saturday afternoon after a last visit in the morning to the Museum of Air and Space. Yes that was our third visit! The streets of Washington were cooler than the last few days but it was lovely and sunny; I felt sad to be leaving this beautiful city. The start of our train journey was delayed a bit because of "police activity" on the track, then there was a bit of confusion and quite a few tears just after leaving Baltimore because two girls hadn't managed to get off the train on time, and yet another two young people had got on the train by mistake thinking that it was going to DC! A train conductor appeared and led the distressed group away with him.
We relaxed, watched the scenery and read our books during the three hour journey. The next leg of our trip to JFK airport via Jamaica (in Queens not the Caribbean!) and the AirTrain to JFK was a bit of a slog, but there were no delays and eventually we arrived at the British Airways lounge in Terminal 7.
To my surprise and delight we had been upgraded to Business Class, and a whole new world of pleasure opened up for me! We were directed to "pre-flight dining" which was in a separate area of the lounge; this means that you have already eaten your meal before your overnight flight, therefore you can settle down to sleep on the flight more quickly. On the flight James and I had our own sleeping areas beside each other, with chairs that go down completely flat and connects with a fold down footstools to become beds! After surreptitiously taking a couple of photos and having lovely cup of tea we snuggled down to sleep. It was great, so comfy!
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