on the plane, she meets an american couple, fabian and lena, who offer to bring her to max's house. fabian gives phileine his phone number to call him during her stay for a tour. inside max's house, phileine meets his friends: the bespectacled jules, the sick leonard, the flemish gulpje, the terrible joanna and weatherman lt (louis theodore). that same evening, a welcome party is held, but because of all the new impressions, drinks, and fatigue, phileine goes to bed early.