Friday, July 25, 2008

MEGHAN ATTACKS WITH A BANG!

Hi, Meghan here! I just had a very exciting week. I did escrime from 2-6pm (for all you American this is French for fencing)! The first day I was told to bring water and nothing else. So I got there and about 4:15 my instructor asked me if I brought a picnic. I told her no, so while everyone else was eating, I had nothing to eat. On the way home we bought a big bottle of water and some snacks for the next day.


The second day I brought the big bottle of water. After about the first half hour I got thristy. So I walked over the where I put my water and started to open it and all of a sudden it started to fizz. I took my first drink. I realised it wasn't water it was soda. I didn't drink it because it didn't taste very good. At about 4:30 when we were suppost to be eating, I told my instructor I had a headache. She asked me if I wanted to call my mom so I said yes. I called her and told her the whole story and asked her if she could come and pick my up. She said yes. The girl I am fencing in the picture above is Cammie. She is a few years younger the me.
The third day I brought water. In my fencing class they hooked us up to the electronic scoring in the tip of our foil. That is what you see connected to me in the picture. At about 5:00 we got a choice of badminton, ping-pong, footbul (soccer) or tag. I played ping-pong. In the picture above, we are playing badminton & ping-pong. During the hour we had to play games she helped me learn French. She taught me how to say the days of the week, the months of the year and the names of lots of animals.
I met a lot of kids at camp. This is just one of them. Her name is Claire. We met on Tuesday. She speaks a little English. we gave each other gifts over the course of the week. I wrote mine in English and translated it on the computer. Since we don't have a printer, I had to rewrite the entire letter in French. It took at least 2 hours to complete it.

All in all I had a great week at camp!

5 comments:

3 Garriott's in France said...

Meghan, I am so proud of you trying new things and meeting new friends. You did a great job on the blog. Thanks for giving me the day off. You have not let the language difference stop you from doing anything. Daddy and I are so proud of you!!! I was not that confident at 12. I know you miss all your friends back home but look how God is sending you new ones here and then they can come to the U.S. to visit you. Love, Mom and Dad

Carol K said...

Touché. We back home are so very proud of you too, Meghan! Your willingness to try new adventures in spite of the language barrier is amazing!

Much Love,
Aunt Carol

MJ said...

Meghan,

I'm a little behind in reading your family's blog.

Amazing!! That's all I can say when I see you "escrime." I would have never had the courage at your age to attempt all the new ways of life in another Country.

What a special gift to take the time to write a new friend in her own language. :) It sometimes takes me 2 hours to write an e-mail in ENGLISH!! :(

Thank you for sharing your week at camp with all of us @ home.

Much love to you and your family,
MJ

Sharon S. said...

Meghan, I typed a whole bunch and it did not take it. I must not be too good at this blog stuff. I love the pictures. Loved the fencing pictures and the rose of Sharon bush picture your mom took. I bet you loved Paris. Enjoy your time. It sure sounds like you are doing that. Love,Aunt Sharon

Granmuny said...

Meghan, great job on the blog! It has taken me two hours to figure how to get a comment posted on this blog. I hope this one takes or I will be three hours! I am still learning to count, but I know my colors!

Much Love