After an uneventful flight and a 3 hour drive through absolutely gorgeous countryside at alarminly high speeds, we arrived at The Swan Hotel here in Hay-on-Wye, Wales. It is every bit as lovely as its website shows it to be, and the people here are taking marvelous care of us. Our room offers a fantastic view of the gardens, which have been sunny and bright (until about an hour ago, when it clouded up and the rains started.) Still, I won’t complain (much) (because no one will listen, anyway) as we did have a lovely unexpected day of sunshine. Hubs went off yesterday to meet and greet the company –…