12.11.2013 17:30
I woke up like every morning when I had to go to school. My heartbeat was too fast because I had only one thought: ”I don`t want to go back to Germany.” I think our time here was wonderful, and we made so many new experiences and saw how America is. If someone asked us if we would like to fly to Indianapolis again, everybody would immediately say: “Yes.”
We met at the airport at 11:30. All the host parents were there, and some host students were there too (how did they manage to do that? Are there airport passes?). The farewell was really hard, so hard that some of us had to cry. It is unbelievable how close you can be with your host family in only three weeks.
Then we checked in our suitcases, took some photos and went to the hand luggage check, but they weren`t as strict as at the airport in Chicago. Our plane left the airport 30 minutes too late so that we were afraid to miss the connection again – just like in Chicago on the way to our destination. But we didn`t, although we had to run the next gate in Washington DC. Luckily, we didn`t have to worry about our bags this time as they were taken straight to Frankfurt. Everybody was relieved though when we sat on the plane going straight back to Germany. The second flight took about seven hours. Some slept, but some were so nervous that they couldn`t sleep. We had the same entertainment like on the plane to Chicago.
Our plane arrived in Frankfurt at 7.00 a.m. (1 a.m. Indianapolis time), and we only had to pick up our bags and find the exit. When we walked around the corner all our parents stood there. It was a warm reunion and everybody was finally happy to be home again.
I got a ballon from my parents because it was my sixteenth birthday on 12th November. And yes, I spent my entire birthday sitting on a plane, but it was definitely worth being in America, so I did not mind.
Katharina Saß
Photo 1: Saying goodbye at the airpport
