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All the other boarders were American; about fifteen of them. None had been Fulbright Fellows. They had been in Washington for any short period of education or study. Through our suppers collectively they introduced me to a new way of life. When corn on 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/content/2014/S1/SPage 6 ofthe middle with the dining table. That was fantastic for any laugh! Dr. Wilkins also laughed when I told him about it and it became part of the repertoire of my misadventures. Thursday, August 31st, 1950: that was "Departing Day". I had to become in the station at 9:22 A.M. for any train to Le Havre. It arrived at noon. I carried a big suitcase as well as a raincoat filled with hope inside the pockets. When I arrived in Le Havre, my title= j.1399-3046.2011.01563.x family members had driven there with my brother Michel and sister Claudine, all of them saying goodbye and shedding a number of tears. (Figure 3) I boarded the boat and waved goodbye to France. It was surely an incredibly poignant moment when I saw my household disappearing gradually in the harbor as I was moving away in the pier. Nonetheless, I cheered up after some hours as I met the other Fulbright Fellows who have been going to the States. Like me, they have been sad to leave their households but also excited to go. We title= pnas.1015994108 kept each other corporation, though discovering where every of us was going. One particular was headed for Philadelphia, another to Indiana and yet another to Seattle. Among them was to stay in New York. There was also aFigure three 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 actually had a amazing time discussing our past and our plans for the future. In these days, travel by boat was an adventure in itself. First we went to Southampton where we stopped for a number of hours, and nine days later on Saturday, September 9th we arrived in New York at 8:30 P.M. The view with the lighted Statue of Liberty was incredible. Simply because it was late, we could not disembark and we had to wait until the subsequent morning, Sunday. Possibly simply because we had been a little bit bit scared of being on our own, we remained with each other 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. title= pnas.1107775108 In the address provided to me, a secretary told me that I had a reservation in a boarding residence on 1406 ten th Street NW. Each of the other boarders were American; about fifteen of them. None have been Fulbright Fellows. 1 RVX000222 site evening, the boarders encouraged me to visit the game with them.