On Friday June 29, 2012 we arrived at JFK International Airport in New York City at around 9:00PM. Once there we met two young Dominican students from Middle School MS328 in Washington Heights (two blocks away from our Mirabal Sisters School Campus), as well as their chaperone, Mr.Cole. We also met a group of kids from Nashville, Tennessee, who were going to the Turkey Space Camp as well, and our wonderful trip coordinator Marilyn Kirby Anderson. After a two hours delay we finally took off on Turkish Air around 2:30am, and after what felt like an eternity we landed in Istanbul at around 6:00pm local time. For the record the service on board was excellent, with dinner and breakfast served on metal cutlery, like in the golden days of air travel. At Istanbul's Mustafa Kemal Ataturk International Airport we also met another group from Long Beach, California on their way to NASA Space Camp. We then caught another plane to Izmir, landing around 10:00pm Saturday night on June 30th. After waiting for about 2 hours we learned that my luggage as well as the girls' was to arrive the next day. When we arrived at the Space Camp Center it was 1:00am Sunday morning, July 1, 2012. We were welcomed by staff members and received sandwiches and fruits to eat. I fell in bed tired, sleepy, and with Jet Lag all at the same time. I could not believe we had being traveling for 24 hours!!
El viernes 29 de Junio del 2012 salimos hacia el Aeropuerto JFK y nos encontramos a dos chicas jovenes estudiantes de 7mo grado de la Escuela Intermedia MS328 de Washington Heights, asi como su chaperon el Sr.Cole. Tambien nos reunimos con un grupo de estudiantes de Nashville, Tennessee, asi como nuestra fabulosa coordinadora del viaje Marilyn Anderson Kirby.Mas tarde al llegar a Istambul nos encontramos con un grupo de estudiante de Long neach, California, que iban tambien al campamento. Finalmente depues de un retraso de 2 horas despegamos , y despues de lo que parecio ser una eternidad aterrizamos en Istambul, cerca de las 6:00pm del sabado 30 de julio. Luego tomamos otro avion a nuestro destino final hacia Izmir a las 10:00pm, donde despues de esperar por algunas piezas de equipaje que no llegaron, arribamos al Campamento Espacial NASA. El personal nos recibio con una merienda y luego me tire en cama cansado y con Jet Lag: Increiblemente teniamos mas de 24 horas viajando!!
Hi Mr.Fulcar it's me Daniela from MS.324 from the after school robotics club when I read your blog I thought that the blog was interesting because you took such a long time to get to Turkey and you also described how you felt.
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