I've decided I like Washington very much - after New York, it seems pleasantly provincial, easy-going and spacious (even with hundreds of thousands of people crowding in for a public celebration!). Perhaps it was only the event that had everyone in such good spirits, but it struck me as such a friendly, open town, obviously designed for hospitality. And it's so clean! I think I'd like to go back in the spring. I noticed all the willow trees along the river, and I know they must be lovely in April.
Thank you so much for the invitation, Sir Percy - and to the organisers, of course! I had a wonderful time.
Does anyone else have a favourite city? I've only been to four, and that's it you count Leeds. I'm afraid I'm not very cosmopolitan.