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They were in Washington to get a quick period of instruction or study. Through our suppers together they introduced me to a new way of life. When corn around the cob was served, as a well-educated Frenchman, I approached the cob with my fork and knife; somehow the cob slid off my plate and ended up inMigeon International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology 2014, 2014(Suppl 1):S2 http://www.ijpeonline.com/JH-II-127 biological activity content/2014/S1/SPage six ofthe middle in the dining table.S a most stressful six days, saying goodbye to family and friends, getting a place to shop my books and belongings. There was also the want to create a trip to the bank to identify my actual worth. I knew that the finish point was the Harriet Lane House. To go to "home" seemed rather propitious to me. The French people today consider of "home" as a "homey place" with a congenial environment. At that time, I did not know the full name from the Division of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital: The Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children. Thursday, August 31st, 1950: that was "Departing Day". I had to become at the station at 9:22 A.M. for a train to Le Havre. It arrived at noon. I carried a sizable suitcase and a raincoat full of hope in the pockets. When I arrived in Le Havre, my title= j.1399-3046.2011.01563.x loved ones had driven there with my brother Michel and sister Claudine, all of them saying goodbye and shedding a few tears. (Figure three) I boarded the boat and waved goodbye to France. It was surely a really poignant moment when I saw my family disappearing slowly in the harbor as I was moving away from the pier. Nonetheless, I cheered up soon after a couple of hours as I met the other Fulbright Fellows who were going for the States. Like me, they have been sad to leave their households but in addition excited to go. We title= pnas.1015994108 kept one another organization, though discovering where every single of us was going. One was headed for Philadelphia, yet another to Indiana and an additional to Seattle. One of them was to stay in New York. There was also aFigure 3 My aunt (adoptive mother) as I get ready to embark around the De Grasse at Le Havre. (August 30, 1950)minister who was joining a religious school inside the South. Needless to say, we attempted to reassure one another and basically had a fantastic time discussing our past and our plans for the future. In these days, travel by boat was an adventure in itself. 1st we went to Southampton exactly where we stopped for numerous hours, and nine days later on Saturday, September 9th we arrived in New York at 8:30 P.M. The view on the lighted Statue of Liberty was remarkable. Due to the fact it was late, we couldn't disembark and we had to wait until the next morning, Sunday. Probably due to the fact we had been just a little bit scared of becoming on our personal, we remained together all day Sunday. On Monday, we separated and headed off in our individual directions.Washington DC: preparing for Johns Hopkins (September 1950) My orders were to visit Washington.