First Days

Oh yeeeaaaah ! I'm quite an American !
10 August 7.00
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. Take-off at 10.30. Never too early XD
10 August 9.00
French Customs. Not so annoying. Nothing to say about that...
10 August 9.45
Customs are over. I can go and wait for them to take me on board. Pretty fast though. Then, getting bored while waiting for the plane to take off XD ! A "window seat", greaaat !
10 August 10.45
Aaaaah, TAKE OFF ! France, byyyye ! America, HELLOOOO ! Obviously... Photographs XD (I'm thinking about the easier way to show you all my photographs, but don't worry, i will figure it out ^^)
10 August 16.00
That's my third movie ^^ ! After "Coco" and "Star Trek", I decide to watch again... "AF447 Rio Ne Repond Plus"... No, sorry, i'm mistaken ! "OSS 117 Rio Ne Repond Plus". Oooooh, turbulence ! GREAAAAT ! Like Disneyland !
10 August 14.00
... JET LAG, obviously, you moron ! Houston's heeere ! Well... Photographs XD (Yes, it was just an airport, but... but... but go to hell XD)
10 August 14.15
Fun begins XD ! American customs ! Oh, here is the beginning of the line ! Oh... It's a long, long waiiit... Oh, what time is it ? SORRY ? 14.55 ? But my transit is from 15.10 to 15.45 ! And i still have to get back my luggages, check it in again, at least (It was not the only things to do, but i didn't know that !). So, still waiting... 15.00... Ah, it's my turn ! Time ? 15.05...
- Heeeellooooo siiir, hoooow aaaree youuuu ?
Couldn't he go FASTER ?
... Ten minutes, fingerprints, webcam photograph and few questions later...
- It's ooookayyyyy. Byyyyyyeee.
GO ! Time ? Outch, 15.15 ! SHIT !
RUN XD !
Baggage claim, heeere i am ! Well... WHERE ARE MY LUGGAGES ? I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME ! Oh, here they are ! Hum, time ? Dunno XD
RUUUN ! Outch, heavy these baggages... Maybe don't run XD
Ah, heeeere, Chek-in ! Hello sir, this is what i have to give to you, and here are ;y papers... It's okay ? Great !
RUUUUUN ! Time ? Still dunno XD
Oh an escalator ! Yep, but i can't take it, far too slow... Stairs... XD !
It'll be okay, i'm quite done ! I've just to run and... and... SHIIIT, pass the american second step of Customs... And there're approximatively a hundred people before me... Ended, i won't be able to have my plane...
Time ? 15.30. Fifteen minutes... The End.
- You have your plane in fifteen minutes, man ?
- Yep... I thimk i can't be done...
- Where are you from ?
- France !
- Oh great ! But you know... You can go directly at the checkpoint.
- How ?
- Here. You just have to go and overtake quite everyone.
- But I can't do such a thing !
- Yes you can ! You have our permission, it's America ! Nobody will annoy you. Come on !
So, here is the custom officer... Well, shoes, baggages and laptop here, and it'll be good !
Wait, wait... Where's my laptop ? It was on the baggage carousel !!! SHIT ! Time ? 15.40...
Ah, here it is, ouuuf ! Now, i guess i just have to run... Time ? 15.45.
Gate E16... Ok, GOOOO !
E16 is one of the most distant gate in this airport... I'm so lucky...
HERE !
- Austin ?
- Yeah, you're our last passenger, welcome !
I DID IT !
10 August 16.55
Austin Bergstrom International Airport ! Oh Yeeeeeaaaaah !
Out of the plane, the fist thing i see ? A Longhorn Shop ! But i can't take a photograph, i have to get my baggages back and find the pretty cool PL emissary ! Here is the baggage claim, yep ! So... "Where are mines ?"... "Hey oh, where are my baggages ?" Ten minutes later... "WHERE ARE MY FUCKING BAGGAGES ???"
Ah, here is the Continental Airlane Baggage information !
Oh ! A american boy with a "Guillaume L'HER" placard !
- It's me ! I'm looking for my baggages actually...
- I've found you ! OUF ! Dana ? I've got him ! He doesn't have his luggage yet ! I'm Tim !
Oh, it's my turn !
- Hello sir.
- Hello. Well, i do not have my baggages, i was on the flight Houston-Austin, 341...
- Your name and ticket please ? Hum, it'll arrive tomight, on the 9 o'clock flight. Do you have an adress in Austin ?
- Yep !
- And a phone number ? Uuuh, Tim...? XD
- No problem, i'll give dana's number, she'll email you then !
- Thanks !
So, how is this city ? Just AWESOME (Everyone's saying AWESOME here XD) whatever you're talking about ^^
30 minutes later, i was in my dorm ! With only my hand baggages and a laptop without energy XD !
So, how is the room ? Hum, 25m2, a bathroom, a great balcony, 37 degree Celsius... (And a roommate later obviously).
11 August 03.30
Dana email me (I've seen it during the night, i made a nap) at 23.30, saying the airport has just phoned her and that they will be able to send me my baggage the next day at 10am ! What a great new !
11 August 10.00
Nobody. Hum, where are they, i want my bags !!!!!
10.35 : Dana's email ! "They just called me and should drop off your bags before 12 pm" ! Okay !
11 August 12.00
My BAAAAAAGS ! OH YEAAAAAAAH ! AWESOME !
11 August 13.00
Now that i can go out, i make a walk around my place. 36 degree Celsius... Oh ! Mc Donald's ! GREAT ! Here we go !
- Hello sir !
- Hello ! Well, i would like a maxi best of menu, is it possible ?
- A what ?
Oh... Shit XD ! What do they have ? Nothing i know ! Fuck !
- Uh, sorry... A sandwiche with cheese ?
- With chicken or burger ?
- Gne ?
- With the cheese ?
- Oh, uh, burger !
- Okay, so, a cheeseburger, and then ? With onions, pickle, without ketchup, mustard ?
Pickle ? XD
- Oh, i can choose that ??
- Yep, obviously sir !!!
- Great, then, without onions and with ketchup please !
Shit. They knew the cheeseburger XD
- French fries and coke !
- Coke, small, medium, large ?
- Uh, medium, the frecn fries too !
- All right ! 3.66$
Wow ! It's REALLY not expensive here ! I LOVE this country !
Coke, medium size. AHAHAHA, bigger than the large coke in France XD !
Ah, pickle is "cornichon". And it's not the same thing than the french ones XD
Minutes later, i go and visit the campus around my dorm... In a walking distance : Football, Basketball, Baseball stadium, UT tower, amazing buildings, Capitole (i didn't go there today, it was far too hot to stay longer outside XD) Dobie Center,... AWESOME !

11 August 15.30
To the bank, to open an account. Is ten meters a walking distance ? XD ! Wells Fargo bank is the next door...! Great ! 30 minutes later, i have my american account ! Perfect !
Photos will be there soon, at least i hope (for you, 'cause i do NOT need these photos ! XD)
I've just heared that my roommate will be there tonight, i think/hope it will be great ! I have to go dudes ! Have a nice day !

Commentaires
ana le 12/08/2009 à 08:56:20hey there lovely frog ! your campus looks awesome ^^ miss u alreday and so soory we didn't catch up before you left. Enjoy it; it goes fast: Trust me.
xoxo anaïs
ps: did you get the tricky questions in the plane like "did you or one memeber of your family is a terrorist ? " (loved that one ^^)
Liven le 12/08/2009 à 18:18:16
It doesn't look awesome. It is. XD !
No, 'cause i've got a visa ! So i'd to answer these questions in a previous forms to get the visa ! And yeah, really funny !
Be quiet, i'm gonna make the most of my stay here ! Austin is an awesome city...!
MiMi le 18/08/2009 à 19:16:11
Ahhhh, les U.S et ses aéroports ... toujours des grands périples mais qu'est-ce que c'est bon tous ces souvenirs! Profites bien de ton nouveau campus man et pas d'excès sur les BIG MAC ! ^^ You'll become a legendary french guy in an awesome city !!!!!