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Day 1: And so the epic jjounrey begins!
I write this as I sit 1/3 of the way through the flight to Boston. If the past 11 hours are anything to go by, it shall be a very eventful trip. For one thing, a girl just fainted on me. She was queueing for the toilet alongside my seat, looked a bit iffy and then just fell forward. I caught her, then she just collapsed on the floor. She is fine now - perhaps it was too much free wine.
Check-in at the airport was a bit of a nightmare. Instead of a check-in desk, with a real person, it is all done via touch screen computer. It's meant to save time - PFFFT! To cut a long story short, our seats were not together, card numbers did not match with the booking and I ended up with 3 boarding cards. But we got it all sorted in the end, and even with a bit of a bumpy takeoff the flight has been good so far. Had a good meal (mum: I know you will ask what I had. It was vegetable Mousakka)
So, with just under 4 hours of the flight to go, i am going to have a nap. I have been up since 2am. WIll carry on writing when I have actually arrived in Boston.
Well, we arrived in Boston, just. After circlingh round for what seemed like forever, we eventually landed. And then I nearly didn't get let into the country. I know since 9/11 it is policy at customs to question people on their intentions when entering the country. But, this guy was nice to everyone before me and then gave me a hard time. Basically, he thought that 65 days was a suspicious time to stay in the country and on top of me being a single women travelling by myself and having a father with a different name to mine all added up to me clearly being a terrorist. I was shaking as he took my fingerprints and when he asked me if I was nervous, I of course answered yes, as I was and I knew lying would ake me shake more.
After a while opf while of interogation and staring matched he stamped all 3 peices of my documentation but macde sure to give me a glare inbetween stamping each one.
We got the subway downtown and into the hostel with no problem. The hostel is actually pretty nice. It's clean, safe and near everything - so can't complain.
I'm so tired so we just headed to little italy for food and I had the best pasta I have ever had. Nom!
Although it is only 8pm, I am going to bed as tomorrow shall be a long day, but awesome. Pkus I have been up for 40 hours. Not enough time to check spelling mistakes.
xxx
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