Dear host family,

I want to thank you for reading my letter and also thank you for making it possible for children like me to travel to your beautiful country and have unforgettable experiences.

I love spending time with my family, as I have a strong bond with them. My father and I love to go mountain biking. We do family activities with my mother also, we all love going skiing, in fact, we have had the opportunity to go skiing in your country. I also have a little sister called Carla, who is 8 years old, and a puppy, who is called Coco. I love to play in the garden with my sister, and although sometimes we argue, I love her very much. About my dog, he is a Maltese bichon, and he arrived to the family as another member of it about 2 years ago, and at home, everybody loves him. I’m very lucky to have this marvelous family who offers me this incredible opportunity.

I’m a very curious child and, according to everyone and myself, I’m very talkative. I’m very outgoing, and I never have problems adapting to new situations. I love to travel, and as I said before, I’ve been able to go to your country to ski, apart from having visited impressive places, as Chicago, Miami, Savannah (Georgia), Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, and some other places which has made me, in addition to other things, interested in your culture. Sometimes I can be too active, but I can control it. At school, I have achieved many awards, such as being first on our local robotics tournament, in which 28 schools participated, my team and I also were second in the state engineering tournament. I have also participated in the state debate tournament and became second best. This year I’m leading a project about prehistory, which later in the future will be presented at the school. I have many friends, and we love to talk about many topics. In the summer, we like to hang out in the pool, or at the mall.

I’m not a child who does a lot of sports, but what I do, I love it, as I said, I love mountain biking with my dad. We try to go out every weekend and enjoy the mountains. I also love skiing, although where I live, there isn’t usually a lot of snow, that’s why we have to travel to go skiing several times a year. I play soccer with my friends, but I’m not on any team, but I love supporting my city team. I would love to learn about your sports too. Anyway, I love to try new things, I’m not a kid who uses a lot the phone or my computer, I usually use them to communicate with my family and friends, or to work on projects. My father has always worked in the automotive industry as an expert on cars on the track, where he drives, and naturally, I have always loved the cars world. My father and I also like to go on weekends for a ride with the car and enjoy supporting Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz on Formula 1.

Finally, I would like to thank you again for taking the time to read my letter and thank you from the bottom of my heart if you select me to be part of your family. And if it’s so I will hope that these becomes the start of a lifetime relationship, as my mom’s, who had this opportunity on her senior year back in 90/91 and still maintain contact with her American family.

Thanks a lot,

Alex