English Version -Generation M - #3 - Virginia Beach - 1997
The American dream, for a summer! At the end of June, beginning of July 1997, after my second year of university, I flew to the United States. One detail struck me: you could still smoke in the back of the plane's cabin. Another era... and even if I'm not sure that it's a great advance, on the contrary, I play the big guy and I'll smoke a few cigarettes in the back of the boeing during the crossing. I have to say that I don't really know how the idea of going to work in the US for a whole summer came to my mind. Probably an advertisement in the college corridors or a walk in the Latin Quarter inspired me. I must also say that at twenty-one years old, my command of English is quite weak. I've already made the trip across the Atlantic twice, but always to meet someone: a friend, my father. This time, I will be alone and for a whole summer! I managed to get my visa without t...