My First English Holiday (Part 1)

 

Nani, Mom and Me on the flight

Last year, my uncle and aunt came from UK to India. I was meeting them for the first time. It was a short trip but before they left, they said,“come to the UK!”

Then after we came back from my grandfathers house,  “I thought should I go there?” That is when the thought started brewing in my mind. 

It was December 30th, 2024, I went to my mother and said, "Let’s plan to go to London." Mom said, “If you want to go there you will have to do your studies.” 

Then I studied seriously from that day. 

Finally the plans began. We took the schools permission, applied for the visas and booked the tickets for the 31st May 2025

We went to Delhi, mum, grandma  and I. We went in two cars. In one car was mom, dad and me. And in the other car was  grandma, grandpa and my uncle. We stayed a day in Delhi Army Cantt.

Next day, all of us went to Indira Gandhi International Airport to catch our plane- Virgin Atlantic.

The flight was pretty good as it had those front -seat TVs and I had the window seat which was really cool too. Lunch or dinner were pretty good but I didn’t like that they were giving us dal (Indian food). I didn’t eat that I just had the cheese square and other snacks like cake.

We landed in London Heathrow Airport. There my uncle and aunt picked us up and we went to their house. When I felt UK’s temperature I was shivering. I realised the temperature was between 16 and 20 degrees. This was their summer. 

I had a hot meal of dal-sabzi (Indian food) at dinner and for the first time in the day I felt  energetic and decided explored the house.  

I got ready for bed. The bed was very comfy, and it was in the attic. I slept like a log.