After several months of efforts to make our trip to the United States a reality, the big day had arrived.
We all got together in the castle parking at 3 : 45 a.m and we left Saumur by bus at 4 a.m.
We arrived at Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport at 8 : 30 a.m. We started to check in luggage. It was a pretty stressful moment.
We boarded the plane at 11 a.m (french h
our of course) and after that we took off and we left France.
The flight was veryyy long, it was 8 hours long. We went over Greenland, it was so beautiful !
Then, we landed at Chicago at 2 p.m (local hour). And we had a five-hour stepover. So we waited, did little exercices that the teachers had prepared for us and we played cards.
The 5 hours were also very long, we were eager to arrive, we were very excited to meet our host families.
But the second domestic flight that we took was smaller. And it was a mechanical problem that made us a little late.
I think we all slept during this flight it was a long and exhausting day !
And then we landed in Asheville at 10.30 p.m ! We arrived in the airport and we met finally our host families, it was so emotional to discover them.
They were waiting for us with signs and our name writting on it, it touched us a lot. We felt confortable and waited. We were very well received.
Then we got our bags and we all separated and we left with our families.
By Aude Desprez
