Monday- Finally it’s the day of my holidays! I’m at the train station in Morley waiting to get a train to Leeds. I am quite nervous though as I haven’t been on a train before so I don’t really want to get the wrong on or it to be late as I would start panicking. It came on time so I felt a bit better about it even though I still had to get one to Manchester airport. I had all my luggage with me and I didn’t really know where to put it so I just sat on a seat near the back and my bag behind me near the chair so that I could still see it.  It took around 10 minutes to get to the Leeds train station which meant I still had around 45 minutes till my train was due to arrive. So I went to one of the small cafes and had a drink to try and pass the time.

After half an hour of waiting I decided to find my station number and stand there until the train came. While I was waiting I met one of the staff and one of the cadets which were called Fran she was a flight sergeant. I felt happy and excited now as I wasn’t by myself now I was with a member of staff. When we got on the train I met another member of staff so we travelled with him. It took around one hour and a half to get to the airport.

At the airport we had to go up a lift and I met all the other cadets there were 5 girls and 5 boys and then 2 girl staff and 2 boy staff. Before we went through the customs we talked for a bit together for a bit so I found out a bit more about them but not much really. It was good to talk to them as it meant we recognised them once we were checked in and in the waiting area. We had to wait in the waiting area for around two hours which was really boring as there was no one really to talk to but there were lots of shops to look in.

On the plane I was sat next to one of the lads called Chris so I talked to him on the way and found out a bit about him. He was one of the only cadets without a rank which I was surprised at as he had been in cadets for three years also I found out that he didn’t like flying so some of the other cadets were taking the mick out of him to shake him up a bit but he soon got over it when we were in the air and he found out he wasn’t about to die. It took 5 hours on the plane but it felt longer. The landing and take of I thought was really good, but Chris said he thought it was the worse flight he’d been on.

Once we had our luggage and were ready to go outside into the fresh air of Cyprus I was feeling really tired as it was around midnight and we still had around an hour and an half bus journey to the accommodation! On the bus we played the story game where everyone says one word to make a story out of it. This passed the time really well.

The accommodation was actually really nice it was a flat at the top of the building it had one bedroom where the staff sleep a living room where we slept, a kitchen that we didn’t really use and off cause a bathroom. The beds were only camp beds and we got a pillow each then we brought are own sleeping bags. this is a picture of the room: