New York - Westlake, Texas: Day 1

On Monday April 14, we woke up at 5:30 A.M. in NY and got our luggage ready on our assigned bus. Once in the airport, we took the plane and, after a three hour-long flight, arrived to the Fort Worth Airport in Texas at 10:50 A.M., and waited a little while for our American counterparts since we arrived 25 min. earlier than intended. Everyone came to pick us up, except Alberto's and my host, Olivia Flowers, because the plan for the day was to have barbecue party at my host's house, so Olivia had to stay in her house to help her mother prepare the welcome party. Alberto, Unai, and I arrived at Olivia's huge house in Mr. Jenkins's car. What a mansion! It had a nice garden, a swimming pool with hot tub, a pool table,a ping-pong table, a cinema, etc. It was a formidable day; we got to know nearly every one of us, ate hamburgers, played pool and played a crazy, funny American football game. Overall, it was all fun.

After the party, at around 4:30 P.M., each one of our ASB class went to their corresponding hosts's houses, while Alberto and I stayed in the house since Olivia is our host. Unai and his host, Tyler, also stayed with us to have a dinner together at the Babes Restaurant. At 5:30 P.M. we had to go to Westlake Academy to assist to a meeting for Olivia's outstanding year in tennis and other people's accomplishments in other sports. There we coincided with Sang Sun and his host, Noah, and met our former ASB P.E. teacher, Juan Carlos Herrera. Half an hour later, we had dinner, which was Kentucky fried chicken, smashed potatoes, some cake with honey, and corn. Everything quite tasty. Then, at 7 P.M. Alberto and I came back to Olivia's house, where we had a pool game with Olivia and her neighbor friend Taylor. At the end, Alberto and Olivia won. Later, at 10:30 P.M. Taylor left and we all went to sleep.


 
Team 1
Josh, Willy, Ibai, Tyler, Sean, Kent, Anisha, Kyle, James, Olivia, Brooke A., Alberto, Luisfer, Unai, and Iñigo


Team 2
Héctor, Gonzalo, Ibón, Álvaro, Sang Sun, Lucie, Alex, Taylor, Corey, Noah, Ryen, Tim, Stefanie, Viky, and Erik