Ooh La La!

Dear Friends,

I have been having lots of fun in France. Let me tell the story of when my trip first began. When we came to Paris, my Dad and I traveled together. Naomi and Mom had arrived the day before we did. It took a bit of a long time to find my mom. Afterwards, we rented a car and drove out of Paris towards Montpellier (where we are going to be living --- in Ceyras, actually, a small village West of Montpellier), but we had a hard time getting out of Paris. I was sleeping though, so I didn't mind.

The first night I was very homesick. I really missed you guys.

The day we arrived, my dad was very tired from me (he says he wasn't tired from me, but that's his version). That night I was crying in my bed so he came over to comfort me. We stayed that night, all four of us, in the Continental Hotel in a little town a couple of hours South of Paris called Veirzon. The next morning I had a dawn snack instead of a midnight snack. We had to get up early, but it turned out we left late because my dad locked his car keys in the car! We had to break the window to get the keys because no one could open the car, not even a tow truck guy or a car dealer. We had to put plastic over the broken window and then we drove much later than we wanted over the mountains, which were covered with snow, and we arrived in Montpellier that evening and then drove to Ceyras, our little village.

The house we're staying in is a really nice house. You think upstairs is creepy but it's actually very pretty. There's even another upstairs with two beds in it (my dad says that means it has three floors). My dad and my mom moved me and Naomi downstairs because it was very cold in our room. I had to sleep on the couch!

But I like the place a lot and now I really like France.

Here are some of the things I like about France:

1. There's hardly any snow.

2. Tomorrow I'm going to have a play date with Noah, a French kid.

3. In the Spring, I'll be able to go to the beach.

4. There's lots of playgrounds nearby.

5. There was a really nice party at the City Hall yesterday.

Let me tell you about it. The party was for newcomers to the village like us. I met the mayor and I met Noah's grandmother and grandfather. I played with a new friend, a girl who was three. She was going to go to school, too. I'm going to school on Monday. Noiw let's go back to the list of my likes:

6. Tomorrow, I'm going to see an old Castle in Carcassonne.

7. Since we bought new car seats for Naomi and me, I have the boxes they came in to put my toys in.

8. It can be really warm in France in the Winter time.

9. I get to watch movies instead of TV.

10. Last but not least, I'm going to school.

Today, we went to a French market in the town of Gignac and it was really fun because I got to go to a playground.

I'll tell you about my visit to Carcassonne maybe and also going to school.

Au revoir,
Shoshie