UK BOUND!

After visiting my parents and in-laws at home down in the sunshine state as well as having a busy extended weekend of intense birthday celebrations with my nearest and dearest in New York, I am headed off to begin my adventures in the UK. This opportunity is really a huge privilege... still quite surreal!

Hubby LOVE!

To my colleagues, friends and family: I'll surely miss you all very much! I have been told that 6 months will fly by and I am sure it will, but without all of you it will be that much tougher.

To my beloved husband, I am so blessed and lucky to have such an awesome guy support me through this. We have only just gotten adjusted to being man and wife exactly 6 months ago getting married, and now we will have to part once again. I will definitely be missing you the most, no doubt about that. Love you bou!




I headed off on a hip Virgin Atlantic flight, purposefully taking the red-eye to better help with jet lag.

Little guest seat in
my upper class quarters

My hope was to sleep on the plane as if I was going to sleep at night. Arriving would simply just be waking up to morning in London Heathrow. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out that way. I was far too distracted by the awesome food/service and huge selection of movies-- ended up watching The Great Gatsby, eating a nice steak and spinach dinner and then finally catching a couple hours of shut eye.

Unfortunately, because the plane arrived late I did not get to enjoy the nice perks of the Heathrow Virgin Lounge and eat tons of food. I was pretty sad about that. After a 7 hour flight, all I wanted to do was relax and eat some nice food, maybe catch a shower too. The "car hire" was waiting for me and I had to go through customs, which the fast lane was already a huge line or I shall say "queue".

Good thing I was able to get in a good hour at the JFK lounge before taking off. I was too late for the complimentary massage and haircut in the salon, but was able to have a few meals and a couple drinks to prep for the flight. YUM!

This was my first time enjoying an airline lounge and flying first class. I have it say it was pretty awesome! On my way back, I am definitely going to the airport a good 3 or 4 hours in advance to enjoy it to the max.

Cheers!