By myself for the fist time

When I turned 15 years old, my parents told me that my present could be to throw me a party or they could send me to the United States. I thought about this present a lot, and after taking my time, I chose the trip. My main reason was that the party would have lasted a few hours, but the trip was for 3 months and I was going to live for that time in Kansas and learn about their culture and way of living.

When I told my parents, they were very happy for me so they contacted some friends they had thath live over there and prepared all the papers so I can leave. My first really interesting and new experience during the trip was to face the airport and all the things I had to do there by myself. I was really scared, but I did it and it went well.

My second challenge was the flight. Normally, I was not afraid of airplanes so I thought this trip was going to go well. But when it took off, I realized that I wasn't afraid of airplanes because I had always had someone from my family near me! It was a really long flight for me and I tried to relax by watching the plane's TV and reading a magazine. It was not that awful after all. Another thing that worried me was that when I got to the United States I had to change planes and I was nervous about doing it right. Those airports were much bigger than the ones we have back home so I didn't know what to do. I remembered what my mom gave me as an advice and I read and followed every sign that led me to the correct spot. I actually did it and it fealt really great!

When I arrived to Kansas, my parents' friends went to pick me up at the airport. I loved living there. I learned a lot of things, I even went to school for those 3 months as a foreign exchange student and actually shared with americans many things. It was an amazing experience.

Coming back to Ecuador was a piece of cake to me, my flight back was my second time by myself so I overcame it really easy and I enjoyed my flight very much! All my fears had gone away.