Dear host family,  My name is Ines, I am from France  I love this idea of being one year in USA to learn English ! That’s interesting to get more experiences and knowledges about other’s culture. I am a calm and cheer person, music is one of my passions, I play celtic harp. I like very much quiet moments but I like also having nice time with my friends. I am open minded to every people, and I like talking with people about philosophical topics during hours and hours ! I adore listening to their points of view about environmental topics, politics, cinema, books. I am good at cooking and baking, I will be happy to cook my favorite recipes for you and I will be glad to learn American cooking I love animals, I love nature, I have a black cat called Yuki, we have, both of us a very special relationship I appreciate learning languages, English, Spanish and Japanese! In France I am attending to an international high school and some main courses are in Spanish I am a very family person, I love my big family from France and from Spain (my mom’s family) ! I love traveling and discovering other cultures and different people, I have the chance to have travelled with my parents in different countries in Europe and South America Later I would like to become a lawyer and work for international human rights  During my exchange year in USA I would love to discover your culture and, if it is possible, some monuments and American cities and countryside. It would be great and important for me to experience family holidays as thanks giving, Halloween, Christmas and others. I would like also to make sport and manual or cultural activity in order to discover news activities and new people and friends. I am looking forward to start this amazing adventure! Thanks for reading my letter!  Ines