Journey & family days

By Itziar Gallego & Sirats Askasibar 

September 6th

To start our long travel day, we woke up at 3am to get ready for the airport. When we all had checked in our luggage, we waited for a little while until it was time to board our flight to Paris. During that flight most of us ended up having a quick nap to get our energy back.

Once we arrived in Paris, we had some free time before having to board the next flight, which would take us to the US, so while some of us used this time to get breakfast, others looked around the shops. Finally, they opened the gate and we got on the plane. 

After seven long hours, we arrived at our final destination: Boston. A yellow bus picked us up and dropped us off at Scituate High School, where we met our families for the very first time. We dropped our bags off at home and we spent the rest of the day visiting places around town, such as the beach and the harbor.

  

September 7th 

Sunday was our first full day here and we had many activities organized. 

Most of our families drove us to the supermarket in order to help them buy groceries and let us choose the food we would be eating throughout the week. 

After that, we all gathered at the welcome party the Spanish department and out host familias had organized for us, where we had lunch. At this event, we had the opportunity to talk and bond with the American students. 

 

Some hours later, we split into smaller groups and each decided to spend the rest of the evening differently; some of us, for example, decided to go watch a movie while waiting for our American partners to pick us up.