Dulles to Heathrow

As I'm typing this, I am flying about seven miles in the air between what I think is Greenland and what I think is Ireland (United Air's progress report map is a little hard to read). Other than a dull pain in my belly button, this flight is going great. My past transatlantic flights have been on Lufthansa, a German Airline, which was not nearly as nice. We have seven movies, each looping on their respective channels. So far I've watched The Last King of Scotland (a movie about Uganda), and Rejected (which starred Justin Long, from one of my favorite movies, Dodgeball). It hit me during the last movie that I should be watching The Queen, because, really, I should be spending the next two days learning as much as I can about England, and all things Anglican. However, it has not started yet.
So far, I've met three of my fellow students: Bruce, from William & Mary, and Natausha and Mike, who are both from Pitt (connecting through from Pittsburgh, naturally). They all seem really cool, and I got a chance to meet Bruce over a delicious meal from the Wendy's right next to our terminal. Exciting stuff. I'm looking forward to meeting the rest of our crew tomorrow in London.
The day started off bright and early at 9:00am. I spent most of the morning packing, which I had not started. Then I did some last minute application things, hopefully most of the busy work associated with applying to transfer is done, just a few essays to complete at this point. I dropped off some forms to Dr. Cohen and Mr. Peterson (Thanks, guys!), then we hit the road. Dad and I drove up in the Mustang, making pretty good time thanks to my McQueenian motor skills. At the airport, we had a little issue with my bag, which was 57 pounds, 7 over the UA regulation. However, I only packed one checked piece of luggage instead of two (why overpack? ...knock on wood). Jeff said, if it's an issue, just forfeit the $50, but, in a moment of MacGuyver-like ingenuity, I through some books and my boots into a laundry bag I brought. Now I have two check-ons: a regulation weight duffle and a 7-pound laundry bag.
We're supposed to arrive in Heathrow at 6:20am and shuffle over to our hotel. I'm really looking forward to: a) a bed and b) meeting the other 12 students on our trip. Updates will follow.
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We've landed and took a van over to The Regency Hotel. Right now we're just waiting for our room to open. I just met another guy on our trip, Jake, who studies at St. Thomas. It's about 9:10am, so not much is open. More later.

Waiting to take-off from Dulles

Mike, Natausha, and the other Jake on the way from Heathrow to our hotel

Jake and Bruce chillin at the Hotel

That's British for Elevator