Although I mentioned in a blog last week that we had made it back to America, the only problem I mentioned was that we were delayed overnight in Washington, DC, and our luggage arrived late. I didn’t mention all of the other problems we had with our travel. I won’t bore you with them here, but suffice it to say I won’t be flying United Airlines again. One part I thought I would mention is the fact that I was sick on Thursday and Friday. I had gastrointestinal problems upon which I shall not elaborate. I was down for the count for two whole days.

Today I heard on the radio that over 100 people had gotten sick at the Dulles Hilton this week. The cause was the norovirus, which is commonly known as the cruise ship illness because of recent outbreaks on cruise ship. In case you haven’t made the connection yet, the Dulles Hilton is where we stayed when we missed our connection in Washington, DC. So, I have now officially had the cruise ship virus, even though I have never been on a cruise ship.

In case you are interested, you can read about the outbreak at the Dulles Hilton in the Washington Post.

And by the way, United Airlines did not pay for our hotel, even though it was their fault we missed the connection. I have spent so much time on hold while calling United Airlines that I now get physically ill when I hear Rapsody in Blue.

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