We fly

August 25th
We've slept 6 hours.
Woke up at 8:15 AM.
Showered. Alex made coffee and gave me cookies (yay!).
We were out of the house by 10:00 AM.
We were so proud of ourselves.
U-Bahn to the airport.
Check-in with very friendly air-france lady.
Go through security.
Hanging around at the airport. (Oh no! Using the internets at Nuremberg Airport costs 6 Euros per hour!!!)
The plane from Nuernberg to Paris was tiny! But the flight was only 1:30 h long and we got a sandwich.
Arrived in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on time.
More Security.
More hanging out. (More expensive internets that we didn't use).
Buying a little Coke (0,3l) for incredible 3.80€.
They have Playstations at the Airport to keep everyone entertained.
Because the shuttle service from one terminal to the other was so fast and efficient, and because we were right on schedule we had about 2 hours to kill in Paris.
Which was kind of boring.
Then came the standing in line to board the 747-400 to take us to JFK.
We both had our own monitor and controller. So: watching movies, playing video games.
The food was acceptable. The service was good. The stewards were friendly and in a good mood.
Somebody got into trouble for smoking in the bathrooms of the airplane. But we only found out because they made an announcement about it.
We arrived in New York an hour early (18:00 instead of 19:00).
Immigration was easy. Our suitcases were already there. We passed customs and met our driver. No problems whatsoever.
The drive to New Canaan was just that little bit too long.
We were tired, uncomfortable, hungry, and in desperate need of a shower.
My auntie Laura and uncle Charles had just returned from Washington DC (they had moved my cousin Alex into his dorm at George Washington).
So we moved into the room, showered, were fed, talked to my aunt, uncle, and cousin Sara, opened birthday presents and had birthday cake, and after that we went to bed.

August 26th
We woke up at about 5AM, went for a walk down Llewellyn Drive, got back, had a small breakfast, watched the news, and went online. Then people started to wake up so now we've been to the supermarket (Alex likes the supermarket and its selection).
We're planning to go to NYC later today. Just to walk around and have a preliminary look around.
So here's the blog. Pictures will be added.
Updates will be published on a regular basis.
This is our "hello world" to you.
Hope you like it.

See our fotos here:
http://picasaweb.google.de/alexw9480/NewYork2008