Finally it’s Washington D.C.!
January 24, 2017
The welcome at Dulles airport was warm after the long 35 hour journey
from Kolkata—it seemed IREX had thought of everything and made the
journey to the Washington Plaza Hotel special.
Earlier, I had met the contingent from Bangladesh in Frankfurt airport and we exchanged pleasantries. Communicating in the same language, Bangla, helped in getting to know the four TEA fellows quite well in the flight to Washington. Surprise, surprise!—the ladies sitting next to me during the flight turned out to be TEA fellows from Tunisia and Estonia! Wow! We had the same destination.
On reaching Dulles airport I started meeting TEA fellows from various countries…..all excited to be at the same place at the same time. I started making new acquaintances on the way to the hotel….EXCITING!
Earlier, I had met the contingent from Bangladesh in Frankfurt airport and we exchanged pleasantries. Communicating in the same language, Bangla, helped in getting to know the four TEA fellows quite well in the flight to Washington. Surprise, surprise!—the ladies sitting next to me during the flight turned out to be TEA fellows from Tunisia and Estonia! Wow! We had the same destination.
On reaching Dulles airport I started meeting TEA fellows from various countries…..all excited to be at the same place at the same time. I started making new acquaintances on the way to the hotel….EXCITING!
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| Dulles Airport....off to the hotel! |
Everything was taken care of so well by the friendly IREX staff
during the registration process at the hotel….I felt I was in good
hands. Hats off to their attention to detail and their
professionalism!
After the sumptuous dinner (yes, I was ravenously hungry!!!) where I
got to meet more fellows from other countries, I went up to my
room….It was great to meet Mercy, from Nigeria, who’d be my
roommate for the next three days.
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