Je m'appelle Kirsty. J'ai quatorze ans. J'habite à North Berwick en Ecosse.

J'ai beaucoup de passe-temps.

J'aime beaucoup la musique. Je joue du violoncelle et du piano. 

Je ne suis pas très sportive. Je ne joue pas au hockey, mais j'adore faire du ski. 

Le weekend, j'aime faire de la voile.

Avez-vous des passe-tamps?

Bisous,
Kirsty x

Translation:

Dear generically-named fictional French pen pal,

My name is Kirsty. I haven't written to you for a decade and a half (sorry) so my French-writing brain still thinks I'm 14. It also thinks I live in North Berwick. Neither of these things is true.

I will now transition awkwardly into talking about my hobbies.

I like music very much. I have a cello. It is very dusty and lives in my parents' spare room. We will not mention the piano.

I do not think I am sporty, because I am scarred by years of being ignored by PE teachers and humiliating myself at team sports. I still hold onto this perception, despite being excellent at skiing and having once run for a whole hour without stopping.

At weekends, I like to watch other people sailing, from the window of a warm, dry and comfortable house.

My real hobby is procrastinating online, but at the age of 14 I had dial-up internet and shared an AOL email address with my brother, so I do not have the French vocabulary to discuss this.

Do you have any hobbies?

Love,
Kirsty x

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