Savannah Wilburn
Celtic Connections
Hello all! So far so good from the wonderful city of Wrexham in Wales! However, I think everyone would be interested to hear the nearly tragic about how we actually got here given the terrible weather back home.
The night before we were scheduled to leave, we were all gearing up to take our plane ride to Newark, New Jersey we were all notified that our flights had been cancelled. Our professors worked diligently for almost 24 hours trying to get our flights rescheduled. Even when they finally thought they had succeeded, there were still some bumps along the road. Three students out of our group flights were never actually rebooked, and they ended up going with the original plan and went to Newark... alone. The rest of us were split into groups and flew to meet Dr. Schmied in Houston, Texas. However, Dr. Threadgill 's flights ended up getting delayed so many times that he wasn't able to join us in London until the night before we left. It took a few days but we are all together and going strong now!
Although getting to London was a challenging, the positives far outweigh the negatives. The city of London is absolutely wonderful! There are endless things to do here. Despite jet lag and the bit of sickness we were battling, we all hit the ground running... and we never stopped running. We lost a full day in London so we did as much as we could possibly fit into our two days there to make up for it. While London was wonderful, it's safe to say that we were all looking forward to the travel day to Wrexham!
Celtic Connections
Hello all! So far so good from the wonderful city of Wrexham in Wales! However, I think everyone would be interested to hear the nearly tragic about how we actually got here given the terrible weather back home.
The night before we were scheduled to leave, we were all gearing up to take our plane ride to Newark, New Jersey we were all notified that our flights had been cancelled. Our professors worked diligently for almost 24 hours trying to get our flights rescheduled. Even when they finally thought they had succeeded, there were still some bumps along the road. Three students out of our group flights were never actually rebooked, and they ended up going with the original plan and went to Newark... alone. The rest of us were split into groups and flew to meet Dr. Schmied in Houston, Texas. However, Dr. Threadgill 's flights ended up getting delayed so many times that he wasn't able to join us in London until the night before we left. It took a few days but we are all together and going strong now!
Although getting to London was a challenging, the positives far outweigh the negatives. The city of London is absolutely wonderful! There are endless things to do here. Despite jet lag and the bit of sickness we were battling, we all hit the ground running... and we never stopped running. We lost a full day in London so we did as much as we could possibly fit into our two days there to make up for it. While London was wonderful, it's safe to say that we were all looking forward to the travel day to Wrexham!