DAY 1: Friday, August 31st 2018

FROM GETXO TO SCITUATE

by Ethan & Oier

Dear Diary,

After spending some nice holidays some of the students and teachers at Julio Caro Baroja started their journey to Boston. Many of us almost couldn't sleep just because of the nerves. When we arrived at Loiu's airport, we checked in our luggage, as well as waving our families goodbye for the next two weeks, hoping to see them soon, but at the same time excited for the adventure we were about to get ourselves into.

We first had the flight that went from Bilbao to Madrid. It didn't even last an hour, for most of us time went flying (See what I did there?) but for some of us it felt like eternity. The latter didn't have the tiniest idea what was coming for them in the next hours...

Then we took the flight from Madrid to Boston, the one where many of us flew over the ocean for the first time ever. The trip took seven hours. In those hours people tried to escape boredom by talking with each other, sleeping, eating, playing...  After that, we finally arrived at Boston airport... Well, at least physically, because everyone was exhausted by that point. An incident that happened in the airport certainly didn't help with that... Nagore has temporarily lost her luggage, we say temporarily because at the airport they said that they would find it by the next day. And even after all of this happened, Nagore was able to walk out of that airport with a smile on her face.

Finally, after taking a classic American school bus we arrived at Scituate, where we were greeted by the American families. Then everyone went to their respective homes, where they met their American friends' families and had dinner. Many people hanged out after that or did other things. For example, Ethan went with his American partner Finn for a walk to see the lighthouse and a bit of the town. But many people just went to sleep as a response for the exhaustion they were feeling.

Although it's true that this day might seem uneventful, we believe that for a first day, it certainly promises. We spent most of the day talking to each other, and at the same time, deepening our bonds with each other... Or maybe we are just being cheesy... Yeah, that must be it...

                                 

Ethan and Oier              

P.S.: Stop questioning why the text starts by "Dear Diary:" but ends in two people signing it, implying that two people share the same diary. Just stop.