After our school assembly, we were called to the College Center to collect our suitcases for the trip. At 3:25pm, we left for the airport. Some of our parents were there to wave us off the continent. The drive took a little under an hour and we arrived at the Newark Airport. During the group check-in (around 4:30pm), another passanger, with a German accent, approached us and asked if this was the check-in for all flights. Victoria was unsure, but Jack told the German man where to go.
When we arrived at out gate C90, Mr. Kaplan told us we could go get snacks and walk around for a little before we would board in groups of 3 (for safety reasons). During our exploration of the Newark Airport, Amaya Romero got a Fanta during that time. She decided to pour the Fanta into her waterbottle that she carried in her backpack. Anjali Mazurek pointed out that something was leaking in her backpack. The Fanta spilled. In fact, it exploded. Amaya had to un-explode the waterbottle in the trashcan. Ms. Pero was slightly concerned. So were we.
The flight was one hour shorter than expected (still a full 6 hours though). Most of us tried sleeping--achieving about 30mins to 2 hrs of sleep. While we were awake, we watched movies (notably Emilia Perez, Piece by Piece, and Harry Potter ["to get in the spirit of England"]), played games on the tablets in front of our faces, and watched the little graphic of the airplane moving from NJ to London on those same screens.
At 12:10AM (US time) & 5:10AM (UK time), Eve Antonelli and Rebekah Kochman started doing their makeup for the day--which turned out to not be the best use of time as after we landed in Heathrow, the bus picked us up about 2 hours later. During those couple hours at the airport, we hung out at Cafe Nero. With Iced Lattes in our hands, we prepared for our first day in London (which you can hear about in our next update :))
Other (un)eventful things:
- Dan forgot his belt
- Amaya forgot her wallet
- Somni brought a huge bag of goldfish
- Eve refused to be pat down at TSA security check stuff
- Bekah took her brother's retainer instead of her own
- Juniors got burned by the pizza they orderded at the Newark Airport
Signing off,
Victoria Baturin.