On my way to London....

So on Tuesday night my parents picked me up and we headed to Chicago to hang out Tuesday night and Wednesday day for my birthday and pre-trip. On Wednesday we did the Chicago Botanical Gardens which is really huge. It was a fun little afternoon and then they dropped me off at Chicago O'Hare for me to depart out.
My flight left at 6:00pm, took 8 hours (and I lost 6 hours on the way) so I arrived in London this morning!

Virgin Atlantic really treats its customers well. They gave us goodie bags with all kinds of stuff in them including toothbrush and toothpaste, and socks to keep your feet warm! Goofy, I know but i wore sandals on the plane and my feet really were cold... so I took advantage!







The only thing I didn't like about the flight was the
uneasy feeling I got when I saw this:

In case you didn't read that it says "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" ..... and yet it remains in the exit door mid flight! Had a bit of a panic attack over that... but we all landed safely so no harm no foul!







As you can see too... the headrests had little TV screens in them that not only played movies and games but also tracked the flight real-time. So this was right before I fell asleep - we flew over the very edges of Canada and then Greenland as well on the way there. The UK is very very north compared to the U.S.

So that's it... the next entry is Day 1 London.... stay tuned!