Today we woke up bright and early for a lecture at Regent’s University London, one of the universities Point Park partners with for study abroad programs. After figuring out how to take The Tube, we arrived at Regent’s and met with a man named Jason Mackenzie. During his 90 minute lecture, Jason taught us […]
Trip Blogs!
Day 1: York > Pittsburgh > London: The Adventure Begins
Sunday, May 5, 2019 – Monday, May 6, 2019 A lot of firsts are coming for me on this trip. First time in the UK, first time traveling abroad without my family, and first time flying in an airplane by myself. In order to get back to Pittsburgh from good ‘ol York, so I flew […]
First Day & No Sleep
The last thirty-six hours have been nothing but hectic, but that’s what I get for packing last minute and not sleeping on the flight. I figured I would have some time to rest. I was wrong. The first day has already been overwhelming eventful. I have already done most of the typical London tourist attractions. […]
Day One: We Breathed The Queen’s Air
After a long (and somewhat painful) nearly seven and a half hours later on a flight from a familiar place to somewhere brand new, we arrived at London Heathrow. Let’s talk math for a second – London is approximately 3,000 miles, one ocean and one seven-hour plane right away from Pittsburgh. We hit the […]
London Calling
Several hours on a plane, little to no sleep, London Calling by the Clash playing on repeat, and multiple cups of coffee later, we finally made it to the UK. Stepping out of the airport it was clear that the recent summer-like Pittsburgh weather hadn’t made the journey with us. Even though most of […]
Red-Eye
We left Pittsburgh late Sunday night on a relatively new direct flight to London (Heathrow) Airport. We arrived about 10am or so and made it through passport control/customs relatively quickly. We met our tour manager, David, and Jan at the airport. From then we boarded a nice bus and headed into central London. We made […]
Day 1: Landing in London with a Royal Baby
Today officially began the start of what is shaping up to be a great adventure. Arriving at the airport, I was full of anticipation. What if I couldn’t get through customs? What if my suitcase was too heavy? What if, what if, what if… Luckily all of these worries were quelled by the group coasting […]
Day 1: Band On the Run – Paul McCartney
Today was the day that I thought was never going to come. It snuck up on me that I was going to be in London a whole 7-hour flight away from home. We got to the airport at 7 pm Pittsburgh time and not long after we were at the gate. We all had our […]
Day 1: Alexa, play “No Sleep”
Alexa, play “No Sleep” by Wiz Khalifa. This journey to the United Kingdom was my first to begin with an overnight flight, and it was also the longest period of time I have flown. Seven hours in an upright, or slightly reclined if the person behind you (in my case Helen) was kind enough to […]
Day 1: Madeline in London
Just so we’re clear, I do NOT enjoy speaking about myself in the third person, but I had to use this title as an ode to one of my favorite childhood books. I remember reading it when I was little and hoping one day I would make it to the city of London, and now […]