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 […]
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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 […]
Day One: Paid to be Here and Paid to Pee Here.
Our plane touched down at Heathrow London Airport, the second busiest airport in the world; no where near as busy as Pittsburgh International Airport, which I saw for the first time. Straight off of the plane, we loaded onto a tour bus, and it was weird to be on the “wrong” side of the road […]
Hey this is Cheryl
hey this is Cheryl! We are ready to roll
Journey Across the Pond: Day 1
Welcome to England The beginning of our trip started when we landed in England at the Heathrow Airport around 10:04 a.m. Jet-lagged and in desperate need of coffee we made our way through the airport, collected our luggage, and met our guide David, before heading into London. Buckingham Palace The first stop on our trip […]
London: A New Hope
]Today marks the beginning of our journey through the United Kingdom. We left Pittsburgh last evening and landed in London this morning. Yes, the classic red-eye flight. I’ve never been on a plane for so long (7ish hours I think??), and I’ve never been on a red-eye flight, so that experience was interesting, to say […]