Our last day

Today, Friday April 23, is the day that we are to leave Rouen, and go to the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris for our departure to Boston. While most of the students spent the last night in France at their host's homes, Tom Coltman and I spent the night at the Institution Jean-Paul II in Rouen. Both our hosts lived in Vernon France, which is one hour away from Rouen. To avoid a very early morning, Tom, myself, and our French correspondents stayed in the dorms at JP II. We woke up at 7:00 AM, and within half an hour we were at the parking lot, ready for our departure to Paris. We exchanged our goodbyes with the French students, and continued on the two hour bus ride through the French countryside to Paris. When we arrived at the airport we checked our luggage, and proceeded to go through security. Many students had issues with the new liquid restrictions, but I got by without issues. We then waited in the terminal for our plane to board. Many of us spent our last Euros on the overpriced food that was sold in the airport, but I did not. Once we boarded the plane, we realized that we were not all seated together, like we had been on the flight from Boston to Paris. I was seated next to college student who spent much of the trip sleeping, and an elderly man who spent much of the trip drinking. On the flight I filled out my customs slip, watched bits and pieces of a few movies, and slept. After somewhere between six and eight hours we arrived at Logan airport in Boston. We then spent a great deal of time in various lines, until we were finally able to go to our families, and back to Reading.
- Farid