Thursday, July 2, 2015

Day 14: 06/26 - Last day :( Back where it all started: Philadelphia

It's Friday, we woke up not to early so everyone is in a good mood, having breakfast at the hotel by watching one of those very weird TV game where people have to wear very strange outfits and get crazy very quickly then a Breaking News interrupt the program, the law for the marriage equality has been passed so all of us can say that we were in the U.S. for that historic day! It's time to leave our hotel to go back to the city where we started our trip, Philadelphia. After a little while we arrived in the city and we walked in the direction of the biggest City Hall of the country (and "maybe" in the world) where we're gonna have a tour. We learned a bunch of facts about the building and the city of Philly in general. Then it's time to eat so food so we walked to an inside market where all type of food are sale. After that we all meet together to walk around the city and take some pictures at the LOVE sign, actually it was the best day ever in the "love history" to take a picture with that sign! Then back to the bus for one last stop, the "Rocky Stairs", then once again last group pictures of the trip, short fitness exercises and back to the bus to go to our hotel. Once arrived at the hotel, it's time to give the best of ourselves for the talent show, Japanese exercises, magic tricks (which are not that magical afterwards ;D), cups singers, jugglers and best dancers ever (with an extra synchronized swimming show for our fans). Then we had an hour to change and get ready for our goodbye surprise party, DJ, pizzas, soda and more importantly.. a bunch of friends with who to dance all night! Midnight arrived and the party's ending, it's time to sign each other flags, exchange our personal pins and cards and to say the first goodbyes but before to get back to our rooms, let's end up that amazing trip with an amazing cupcakes tops fight! 

That bus trip was just a blast! An amazing group of exchange students, 3 amazing chaperons, an amazing bus driver, so many amazing places/ cities and of course THE BEST COAST BECAUSE THE EAST COAST IS THE BEST COAST! 2 weeks full of life's memories that we will NEVER forget for sure! Thank you to Paul, Kirsten, Betsy and Bruna for those past 2 weeks
Robin - France 















Day 13: 06/25 Beach day!!

Today we had a relaxed morning and a lateish departure. We left the hotel around 10 and hit the road. After 1 and a half hours bus ride we arrived at the ocean. The beach was sandy  and not too badly crowded. We spent almost our whole afternoon there. Playing frisbee, football, soccer or just with the sand, or swimming we had a great time. The water was refreshing cool but not cold. The only "bummer" for me was that there were lifeguards and they didn't allow us to swim. So we couldn't go into chest deep water. That was a bit disappointing but it was still very fun. After we left, we went to an amusement park at the jersey shore. We ate a cheese steak and had a fun time there. 

Xaver - Austria