The Trip

Bon Voyage Party With the Family<3

Saying goodbye to mom and dad at security. I thought this moment would be easy since I've been away at college for two and a half years, but i was sadly mistaken. I may have had on a brave face as mom was about to tear up, but I was just hold back tears myself. Once I looked back at both of them and gave one last wave when the tears started flowing.

However, when I was boarding the plane the many British flight attendants made me fell better and excited for the flight just by hearing their accents. Once I sat in my seat and waited for the plane to start moving I was thinking to myself, why am I doing this. I am flying across the ocean to a foreign country where I know no one. The fact that this was only my second flight and it was international and overseas and I was by myself only added to my panic. I started watching The Perks of Being a Wallflower because I knew it was such a good movie and made me think back to when I saw it in theaters with Kelsey in Buffalo. This seemed to ease my stress. I then tried to sleep because I had all four middle seats to myself. I decided that I hate flying and would hate to be a businessmen such as the ones who sat next to me because I would hate to fly on a regular basis.I got about a half hour nap in before the breakfast cart came around. I had a muffin  top and orange juice. Once we passed over London I began to get really excited for the trip and the adventures that I would have. It was still dark out but I could see all the lights of the city in the early morning. The flight was early and we landed at 6:45. 

 When I landed I had to go through customs, this was fairly easy, all I had to do was to show my passport and my acceptance letter to Nottingham. Then I found my luggage, of course my one bag was the last one! Had a mini freak out that they lost it! Got to the lobby and tried to find Nottingham reps but none were to be found, I started asking around but no one knew. Because the flight was early I had to wait longer for the bus.      I ended up finding a group of Nottingham international students so I felt at ease since we were all together. There we talked and waited until ten for the bus. I got to know a girl from Charelston, Bighamton University, Australia, Canada, and Mexico. I sat with a girl from D.C on the bus whose name is also Hillary. She talked about her love for England and Literature and people I didn't even know. I hoped that not everyone would be that intelligent because I began to feel as if I was going to feel inferior to everyone. The scenery was familiar to home. One thing that surprised me was how green the grass was for January and everyone was scared when the bus would take turns because it was on the wrong side of the road! When we stopped talking I was able to get another half hour nap in. Three hours on the bus and we finally arrived at the University. I got unpacked right when I found my room. Everyone I came in contact with once I arrived was extreamly friendly, when they saw I had luggage they asked if I needed help and introduced themselves. This was both genders. I was happily surprised by this. When I finally got my laptop to work I facebook messaged mom to tell her I was okay and alive and Jami messaged me and asked what room I was in and fortunately we live right across the hall from each other! Once I finished unpacking we took a walk around campus and went to dinner. I came back and went straight to bed since I was awake for approximately 32 hours. 

My boarding pass at Logan International Airport in Boston