Penpals

I'd always been fascinated by the concept of exchanging letters and getting to know someone you've never met before in your life. Since last June, I have been talking online with a great number of penpals and exchanging letters with a few of them. I thought it would be nice to dedicate this article to introducing them.

One of my penpals is a girl named Lucile. She is currently 16 years old and she lives in northern France. She is very nice and likes to talk about all sorts of things. She does not speak perfect english, but it's okay because it gives me a chance to practice my french. She says that maybe one summer I could come stay with her and her family. They are very kind and hospitable people so i hope that if I do visit them, that I could perhaps return the favor and let her stay with me here in Connecticut someday. She is very enthusiastic about visiting the U.S. and I would really like to invite her here.

Another of my penpals is a girl who lives in Martinique of the Caribbean Islands. Her name is Sylvia. She is currently 17 years old and she also speaks french as a primary language. Not only is she very friendly, but she also has a beach as her backyard, which makes me totally jealous hehe! She sent me pictures of the beaches of Martinique and I really wish I was in tanning on those beaches sipping a pina colada rather than shut inside my house wrapped in a blanket and doing my stupid algebra homework. She loves to draw so she sends me sketches and pictures all the time.

My last penpal is a girl named Elina who lives in France in a little town near Paris. The most amazing part is that her english is remarkable for her age. She is 14 years old and she is the most friendly person I have ever met. She talks to me as if we were the best of friends, and also as if we have been friends for our entire lives and not just a few months. That is a really great thing to find in a friend and it really shows you that it doesn't matter where you're from or what language you speak, that you can be from the other side of the world and still be an amazing person. We talk about school and friends and boys and parties and just about everything that I talk about with my friends here. When I visit France next year with the People to People Organization, I hope to see her.