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Here are some pictures of my stay in the USA from August to January 2006.
I am spending 6 months working at Parexel Centreville, Virginia.
I hope you will like the website.



01 Travel to Washington
01 Travel to Washington  |  Total images: 8  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
July 26th 2005, Departure from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Washington Dulles Airport (with a stopover at London Heathrow).
02 The House
02 The House  |  Total images: 13  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
The nice house in a pleasant neighborhood at Centreville, close to the Offices of Parexel.
03 Centreville
03 Centreville  |  Total images: 13  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Here are pictures from the city where I live and work : Centreville VA (30 miles from Washington DC)
04 Parexel
04 Parexel  |  Total images: 12  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
The environment around the building of Parexel (Parexel uses the 5th and 6th floors). Large parking lot, huge fitness center. It is very close to the Interstate 66 and where I live (1.5 miles). The work and the environment at Parexel was really nice
05 Around Centreville
05 Around Centreville  |  Total images: 9  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Some pictures of places near Centreville.
06 Washington
06 Washington  |  Total images: 17  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Pictures of the Capital city of the US. I will add better images to this section during all my stay
07 Landscapes
07 Landscapes  |  Total images: 11  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Here are some images of landscapes and sunsets. I will complete this section during the stay.
08 Activities
08 Activities  |  Total images: 14  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Here are a few samples of activities that can be enjoyed.
09 Events
09 Events  |  Total images: 15  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Here are a list of the events I attended outside of Centreville
10 New York City
10 New York City  |  Total images: 19  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
The unique City of New York at the very end of October. We left Centreville a Saturday morning at 1am, took the Chinese Bus at DC at 3:30am and then came back the next Monday at 2am. It was a very impressive trip.
11 Boston
11 Boston  |  Total images: 29  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
I did an excellent trip to Boston from Washington DC going through New York City. I took the Chinese bus for a 4-day weekend in november. It got and perfect weather, very sunny and pure blue sky. That enabled me to get a good view of the country, another peek of NYC and a wonderful visit of Boston.
12 Philadelphia
12 Philadelphia  |  Total images: 28  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Philadephia - From December 9th to 11th I spent 3 wonderful days at Philadelphia. I visited the City during the chilly and sunny days, met friends from Boston and Upenn and had a lot of fun.
13 Baltimore
13 Baltimore  |  Total images: 24  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Baltimore - For one day in mid December I went to Baltimore (50 miles North Washington). The city is pretty small, has some hills and bad districts. The harbor and the interesting museums are nice areas.
14 Pittsburgh
14 Pittsburgh  |  Total images: 20  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Pittsburgh - 3 days at the Steelers' home in Pennsylvania (260 miles North-West Centreville, about a 5-hour drive). The city is between two rivers and it is surrounded by high hills. The view of Pittsburgh from the heights is impressive. I gave a Christmas visit to a friend and his nice family.
15 New Year - New York
15 New Year - New York  |  Total images: 17  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
New York - 2 days at New York for the famous new year at Time Square! The eve was nice and the midnight blast was impressive. Be really motivated if you want to do the same and wait 7h in the night with the 750 000 revelers!
16 Washington - January
16 Washington - January  |  Total images: 19  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
Washington DC - 3 days with the friends of Boston. Beautiful weekend of January, sunny and mild. Here is a little glimpse of what we did.
17 Come Back
17 Come Back  |  Total images: 10  |  Date added: 02.25.2006
The final days (February 2nd 2006) and the difficult farewell to Centreville, the US and everyone...
10 Parexel building during the sunset Blue sky and slight yellow colors when the sunset on Centreville 11 Morning at Centreville View on the neighborhood from one window of my room during an usual sun rise of July. 03 Sunset Mall Sunset near the Malls close to Parexel.