Travel to London

Just getting to London proved to be a difficult task. I left home at 10:30 in order to arrive at 3:00, 3 hours in advance for my 6:00 flight. At 12:30 I learn that the flight is now postponed until 10, great! After arriving in the airport, my parents and I spent 3 hours just wandering. Finally they left and I spent the remainder of the time with other Ithaca students. The security checkpoint was not as demanding as I thought it would be. They didn’t inspect any liquids or prescriptions; I did however beep as I went through the metal detector thanks to my belt. 3 hours later, we managed to board the plane and by take off it was a little after midnight.
Upon arrival in London we ventured through customs. Everyone I spoke to had an easy time being asked minimal or no questions at all. Of course though, I end up getting grilled by this middle aged lady who seemed to hate me. She asked and thoroughly read every piece of paper I had, as well as asking how much money I was carrying and how much I currently had in my bank account. She asked if I would be leaving and reentering the UK and a million other questions, all while Randi is staring at me giving me a thumbs up and thumbs down wondering what was taking so long. Needless to say it was not a good experience. If that wasn’t enough, there were enough seats for us on the 2 coaches but no room for our luggage. The drivers had to cram our stuff in the back of the coach. We figured we would see our bags sitting on the curb as we drove away.