Going to New York was my dream a long time ago, joining the new York trip with US Belo is a dream coming true!!

Today was the first day of our trip. All the students arrived during the day. In the evening we got together and we had fun dinner together! It’s just fabulous that we are here, we can see the Empire State Building from our rooms!!

Traveling on my own was so great! I feel so independent. I met a wonderful group of people and I had nice dinner with them. It’s so cool to be around people from different countries--it makes me feel unique and I feel proud being a representative of my country.

Finally in my dream city can`t wait til tomorrow. <3

Excited to meet new people from some many different countries!

--Ahlam Hegazi, Israel and Jakob Findenegg, Germany