Saturday, August 18, 2007

Bettina's Trip to Paris (Written by Kei)

Bettina has been to Paris !

She had been staying in Geneva, Switzerland to study French for a year. Her first language is German and she wanted to study French then. She has wanted to work with French or English. That's why she stayed in Geneva and stays in Toronto now. She really loves snowboard. She was able to enjoy snowboarding there. Her arms were not thin, so she was able to lift her snowboard easily. She likes her arms best of all parts of her body. She wants to be like Gian Simmon, who is one of the most famous snowboarders and has a excellent skill of snowboarding. Her most important posession is her snowboard equipments, as she spent a lot of money on them. She hasn't wanted to meet bears while she has been enjoying snowboard, but scary they are coming back to Switzerland and attacking people.

At the end of her Geneva's school life, she went to Paris with all her schoolmates. It took 7 hours to go to Paris from Geneva by bus. They left Geneva at 11 P.M. . It was a midnight bus. They were not able to sleep on the bus as they were so excited. They had been talking all night. They got to Paris at 6 A.M. . Their teachers were supposed to work as their tour guides. Unfortunately her group's teacher had never been to Paris before. Two hours later they lost their way. Their teacher was really sad. Then her friends and she took the map and asked some Parisians where they were. They were enough kind to tell them the way and speak slowly. Finally they were able to visit the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Church, and the Louvre. They became tour guides of their own! She thought Paris was great. The atmosphere had been artistic, there had been many narrow streets, and the buildings had been old and beautiful. She has loved Paris. In the evening they had dinner in a boat on the Seine. They ate spaghetti with many tasting sauces. They really enjoyed their trip. She has thought the days in Paris was one of her greatest days she had ever had.