We’re at the Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. waiting for our next flight. This place is absolutely mobbed. The flight is sold out and they are asking for volunteers. So far the price isn’t worth it! The flight from Amsterdam to here was OK … except it was on probably the oldest 777 in United’s fleet. The flight wasn’t very full and I’d suspect the airplane on this route has something to do with that. The seats were old and didn’t work very well. The personal TV screens were the tiny ones from more than ten years ago. The power at the seat was the type first introduced by United requiring a special DC adaptor ($29) and a special power supply for the computer. I have the adapter and power supply — at home as I haven’t needed them for years. The headphone connections was the old two-prong type that United invented so that people wouldn’t steal the headsets. The equipment on the airplane was so old that the flight attendants had to do a manual, stand-in-the-aisle safety briefing! I was definitely underwhelmed. However, we did fly safely and fairly smoothly.

We had a good time in Amsterdam. We spent Saturday afternoon walking around downtown and taking a one-hour canal boat tour. We’re getting to know the downtown area quite well. We passed two different Viking River Cruise boats … that’s something we need to do again Real Soon Now! Sunday we took a four hour countryside tour that was also quite interesting. Life is good and we’re here with all our luggage. Next stop: Denver.