Dear Host Family, Thank you so much to allow me to participate to this exchange program. I'm Elea, I'm French and I'm so glad to be able to participate to this experience. It's been like 5 years that I wanted to do this exchange year and I finally find my courage to say "I really want to go". I watched so many videos of exchange students on socials and I knew that's what I wanted to do. I told my parents and they suggest me I should do shorters trips before leaving for a whole year. So I've already been welcomed in host families in Ireland for a week and in America for 3 weeks in Richmond. The Richmond trip was a wonderful experience and the family even invited me again so I went there twice. I'm still in touch with them. I already went to the USA many times to New-York, California, Miami, Richmond and Washington DC. I love to listen to music all day long like when I get ready, when I'm in the bus, sometimes when I do my homework and that I don't need to be too focused. I like many genre of music, I listen to everything. I also love to go to the cinema. With my mother we try to go as often as we can but we don't always find the time. Board games is something I enjoy as well because we can laugh and just spend time together. I used to practice volleyball 4 years ago but I stopped. I was pretty good and I kept an interest and I think a little level. I'm really fond of painting and art in general. I like to do artistics activities. Both my parents are lawyers, they work in the same office. I don't have any siblings. I'm really opened to everything even if it's not really my main interest I'd love to try new things. Things I hate are insects, I'm really scared, especially of spiders. I believe I'll have unforgettable memories with you. I'm really happy to live this experience with you and I can't wait to meet you. Warm Regards, Eléa