--- title: " Day zero : Paris to Washington, DC" date: "2017-07-14 00:26:37" lastupdate: "2017-07-14 00:26:37" banner: "/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465b01a03/original.jpg" slug: "day-zero-paris-to-washington-dc" description: " At last this 14th of July has arrived ! After getting up at 5 am (GMT+1) we reached the airport at 7 am. Our flight, originaly from Paris to Dublin " --- At last this 14th of July has arrived ! After getting up at 5 am (GMT+1) we reached the airport at 7 am. Our flight, originaly from Paris to Dublin then to Washington was changed for a direct one ! We hopefully had a "lunch" ![Quentin has lunch in the plane](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465b7e066/50.jpg "Quentin has lunch in the plane") And then we landed around 3.30 pm (GMT-5). We are in the USA !! This is the first time for all the team members ![Arrival in the USA](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465b01a03/50.jpg "Arrival in the USA") After having waited for our luggages we finally met the first global staff and some of the other teams ![Staff from FG](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465c5002a/50.jpg "Staff from FG") ![With team USA](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465cb1efd/50.jpg "with team USA") ![All team luggages mess !](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465d1fec4/50.jpg "All team luggages mess !") We then took the Shuttle to GWU Thurston Hall ![On the road](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465d8411b/50.jpg "On the road") ![Washington streets](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465e29ca4/50.jpg "Washington streets") ![Team France in front of Thurston Hall](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465e8e5fb/50.jpg "Team France in front of Thurston Hall") We (once again) have waited for our luggage then have checked in our hotel. We were very tired. ![](/proxyPhotos?code=/blog/bob-ross/5c3e465f29d0a/50.jpg )