By: Isabelle Saxon
After a very long week I think it was safe to say that no one was looking forward to dealing with an airport. With our bags packed up the night before we all met in the lobby at 7:35, and got on our shuttle. We made our way slowly through the airport. I have to say that the trip to San Francisco was a lot easier, however we survived and on the other side of security we all were ready for lunch. We split up into two groups with one heading over to get chinese and the other going to a deli. I went in the first group and the food wasn’t bad, and it was nice to sit down for a minute and chat over our last meal of the trip. Then we all headed back to the gate, and everyone did their own things for a while. Natalie, Sara, Kilali, and I played a game of Uno nobody won, but it was fun. The plane we went on was exceptionally large. I was sitting with Sara and Kilali and we spent most of the time watching movies or reading. I got through a good part of my book, and started taking notes for my creative response project. Sara had bought a lego set in japantown to build a corgi and she tried to build it on the plane. The time on the plane felt really long and I was getting pretty antsy after the second hour. Thankfully we soon landed in Houston, we managed to get off the plane and make our way to baggage claim where we were greeted by parents. I was really happy to see my family, but most of all I was exhausted. It had just been such a long and great week, but I was so ready for a nap in my own bed. I am only one of two students who had previously traveled before the trip, and I had just as much fun in San Francisco. I think it is such a unique city and getting to experience it was amazing. I didn’t think I would learn as much as I did, and I didn’t expect the trip to help us all get to know each other as well as we did. Overall it’s an experience that I won’t soon forget and was so grateful to have.
