WHAT A DAY! Today we had a super long travel day with a 5:45am meet time. We took taxis to Edinburgh airport where we boarded an hour flight to London. All went smoothly for our first flight. Most of us rested and got some sleep on the plane. Our next segment of the journey was a connecting flight from Heathrow Airport in London to Charlotte, North Carolina.
I (Madelyn) have been to Heathrow Airport before and know they take their security seriously. Me and Lexi were able to get through security smoothly and walk to our gate. We were the first to arrive and saw the gate was closing. Unfortunately due to our first flight arriving slightly late, changing terminals, and major delays with security most of the group did not make the connection in time to board. Lexi and I were the only ones from our group to make it to Charlotte. Once we made it there, we had another flight to Houston. We had to go through customs at Charlotte, pick up our bags, check our bags, go through security, and board the final flight. We luckily had no issues and are thankful to have made it home to Houston.
After the other group missed the flight to Charlotte, they spent the afternoon at the airline services desk in Heathrow to work on changing their flight schedule. Ben, Ally, Dana, Hayley, Legend, the Sullins, and I (Ashley) were able to get on a standby flight to Dallas. MacKenzie arranged for a hotel and a confirmed flight on Friday. Following our 9 hour flight back to the United States the group further dispersed taking connecting flights, a rental car, or staying with family. Although this wasn’t the last day we had hoped for, we made the best of our circumstances and shared a few laughs along the way. We greatly enjoyed our experiences learning abroad and are grateful to have made it back safely.
Thank you for following along on our journey!
Madelyn Palmer and Ashley Fuqua
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