Laos, a land of suprises!

Yoyo
Je suis tres content de voir que tu t'amuses beaucoup et que tu nous montres toutes ces belles photos. Ca me donne envie d'y aller aussi. Tu me manques beaucoup et j'ai hate de te revoir en 5th grade. Gros bisous a toute la famille. A tres bientot.

What a wonderful travelogue!
Hey! I'm really enjoying your blog notes! And the pictures are fabulous as well! Things are well here with the weather getting nice and the flowers blooming. I'm sure you're at times homesick, but how exciting to be meeting and learning about so many people from other lands! Laos sounds wonderful and makes us want to go too. Have fun! Love, Kathy

Lovely to meet you in Vang Vieng!
Thanks for sending us your travelblog! We really enjoyed meeting you here at The Elephant Crossing Hotel in Vang Vieng and will follow your travels! ENJOY!

Quelle joie de vous lire et de vous voir! Vous avez tous l'air en pleine forme, et heureux. Encore quelques jours avant les hauteurs népalaises d'où vous nous enverrez d'autres nouvelles et les superbes photos qui les accompagnent. Qui est derrière l'objectif? Toi Emmanuel? Quelle équipe vous faites! Admiration! Gardez bien le cap, on vous embrasse tous bien fort.

hi...
great pictures -- it's fun to see you in your blog, we love to hear about your trip. we miss you! we've looked on the map to follow where you are going. thanks for the birthday message, you rock!

whats a wat?
Sounds so unreal! Pictures are wonderful=so colorful and seem to be brimming with life. Yohan- you are really something-you find kids to play a sport of some kind in every country! So much fun for you! Tatiana, your description of the butterflies was amazing! I can't imagine what it would be like to walk through a cloud of them! Cori, it was wonderful to talk with you on Mother's Day. You are so thoughful! New carpet in-looks good now on to other things- Just watched the film Last King of Scotland-story about Idi Amin in Uganda during the 70's. Very facinating story-but bloody. You'll have to see it sometime. Kids, Grandpa and I are going to see Spiderman 3 tomorrow. B ig HIT in the states. Made more money in one weekend than ANY other film ever! What vibes are you getting during your trip re: Pres. Bush? What about feelings about American people? Can't wait to read your next chapter! Love to all, Mom

An amazing few weeks
Dear Yohan, Our WASL was okay, pretty easy for some, and a lot of fun for most of the students. Here is a problem from the WASL that we want you to try to do: A teacher has 3 baskets. There are 55 crayons in one basket, 25 in the second basket, and 10 in the last basket. How many would you have to move out and put in each basket to get the same amount in each basket? You missed our Francophonie Celebration at school. Our class organized and played a Scrabble game with second, third, and fourth grade. We also went to play other games in YPK, first grade, and third grade. On the last day we had an afternoon of big games - jeu de l'oie, dictee, and lecture quizz (sorry, this won't let us type in the accents). Then we had a big snack - gouter (again no accent). It was a lot of fun and the food was delicious. Today we saw Lauren's play, The Masque of Beauty and the Beast. It was really good, loud, and funny. Lauren performed really well and her favorite scene was with a fake onion that was supposed to make her cry. She cried very dramatically for a long time, rrrreeeeaaaalllllllyyy llllllooouuuuddddlllllyyyy! She played a greedy, evil sister of Beauty (she was a humingbird). We miss you a lot and we hope you are seeing a lot of fun and interesting sights. We are learning a lot about the places you are visiting. Thank you for writing to us. Bye for now, Your class, Beatrice, and Christina :-)

Merci de preparer mon prochain voyage
En plus de mettre à jour mes connaissances en Anglais, je decouvre grace à vous les differents lieus et coutumes des pays de notre futur voyage que je peux ainsi preparer, vivement 2008 !!! . On vous attend pour en parler de vive voix cet été à Pezenas. Gros bisous et belle aventure.