Today is the day! After having countless hours off preparation and so many people telling us that, the trip would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, the day of the departure has finally arrived. We met up at the airport in Salzburg at 4:30 a.m. and said our final goodbyes to friends and family. We started checking in our bags, hoping and praying we would see them again at our final destination. This took, for whatever reason, longer than expected but we were still able to get on the plane. After a short 30- minute flight we arrived in Frankfurt, went through immigration and then had a short time period where we were allowed to go to the toilet get some food etc.
We then walked to our gate which became our home base for the next 6 hours, and we were allowed to roam freely for the next 5 hours. At 12 am we met up at the gate and decided on our activities. Over the next two weeks we will do a campfire, visit a university, go sailing, go to the coast of Maine and much more. We finally got on the plane and, of course, had to switch our seats so that everyone could be with their friends. Over the next 8 hours, we slept, watched movies, laughed with our friends, read a book or just listened to music. But there was one big highlight: Because we all wore our red hoodies, people obviously could tell that we were a group. So after I went to the toilet, a man asked me “ Where are you going?” And I told him that we would be going to Peterborough, New Hampshire. He looked at me and asked if I was telling to truth, to which I obviously replied yes and then he proceeded to tell me that he was the mayor of Keene the neighboring town of New Hampshire. I quickly went back to my seat to tell my teacher about my new friend and the mayor arrived shortly after to introduce himself to my teacher.
After we arrived we went through immigration, and let me tell you, they were super nice! They opened two ails specifically for our group, we didn’t have to go through one by one but rather could go as a pair and we only had to do the thing with fingerprints and a photo of our face. We went to get our bags and we all received them ( Yay!) and then got picked up by one of the American teachers. We hoped on one of the yellow school buses and drove for two hours to Peterborough. There we met up with all of the host brothers and sisters. Some went home directly and others had something planed with their hosts. I went home directly and after talking for a bit with my family and eating a grilled cheese I went to bed. My head hit the pillow and I completely passed out, knowing that the next three weeks will be ones I never forget.
Regina Schmidbaur
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