I’m living in Fuerth (near Nuremberg) and my flight was from Frankfurt. Today I want to tell you something about my flight in my adventure America. On August 11^th 2007 at 11:20am was my flight from Germany to America. My parents and me drove on August 10^th 2007 to Frankfurt. There we slept a night in a hotel and on the next day we were punctually 8am at the airport. First we had to go to the check-in for my luggage, to get the boarding pass etc. So we went directly to Delta Air. There I had to go through the barrier alone because they ask things like “Did you pack your luggage on your own?” … and there is only the traveler allowed to be. After that my dad could come with me t the switch and help me with my luggage.My mother was waiting out of the line. And there was a good reason for, but I didn’t know it at this moment. After all I went back to my mother, who wasn’t alone any longer. A very good friend named Lisa came with her boyfriend to the airport to say goodbye. That was a really big surprise. Because I was so happy I had some tears in my eyes. We five went to a restaurant in the airport and then the time came to say goodbye. We hugged each other a lot and cried. My dad, who said some weeks before he wouldn’t cry, cried, too. Lisa gave me a little dog and a letter as a goodbye present. And then I had to go. First the officers looked at my passport and after that they controlled my handbag. That was easy. A last look back to my parents and

“old life” and then I went to the gate. A difficult moment. When I was at my gate, I read the letter and some tears rolled down my face. Some minutes later all people had to go to a bus, which brought us to the airplane. The flight began at time and was okay. We got a lot to eat and the entertainment was

excellent. We saw three movies. The first was shrek the third, then Spiderman 2 and the third movie I don’t know. Without this was nothing spectacular. Although… because Delta Air is American the crew spoke English. But that was no problem, the bigger thing was that we got a little be shaked. But 8,5 hours later we arrived in a good mood in Cincinnati. There, all passengers went through the “Immigration”.  I was one of the last coming out of the airplane because I was sitting in the very back of the airplane. That was the reason that I had to wait for 45 or 60 minutes until I was through the Immigration. The man at the switch wanted to see my passport and visa. After checking my things he put a stamp in my passport and I  had to give my finger prints of my forefinger and he made a picture of my face. By then I thought I have only 2 hours changing time in Cincinnati. And that was the reason why I got a little bit nervous.

After the Immigration I had to take my luggage and put it on the next assembly line for people who continue to fly. After that the American officers checked my handbags again, but now we had to take our shoes off. That was funny but we know that American people want to life save. Okay, after I had all this behind me I went finally to my next gate. On my way there, a friend named Ranjit, a boy I met few weeks before, walked the same way. He was in the same airplane like me. Apart from that I realized that I had more time on the airport as I thought. Because at home we didn’t know that the time in Cincinnati was different as in Hot Springs. Thus it was a little bit more relaxed. Together we went to our gate, because they were next to each other. Funny or not? He had to wait 1,5 hours and me I had to wait 2 hours. During the waiting time I called my parents to tell them that all was okay. Before I flue my parents gave me extra for that a call card. It works on every phone without paying and it is cheaper. It’s like a prepaid-card for cell phones. After I called my parents I called my boyfriend but he wasn’t at home. That confused me because actually he had to be at home but I didn’t thought something bad. On the next day I heard that a car hit him and that he was lying in the hospital. But about that I will write the next time more. Then my flight to Little Rock began. The flight was 1 hour long and when we arrived, I was really excited and nervous. Out of the airplane and in the adventure. Before I got my luggage, my whole family welcomed me. That was a real surprise, because in Germany we get our luggage first. My local coordinator was on the airport too. After we managed all things we went home. On our way home we went out for dinner because it was night in America. In Germany it was already midnight.

It is all really exciting and they are all nice people. In the beginning we hugged each other and stuff like this. They know what it means to be hospitable.

Okay I think that is enough by now. The next days I will try to write something about the first days in my family and school.

Nice greetings from far, far away!                                                                                                                                       Status: 2007-08-12