Sweetheart Florian,

I have been thinking about you a lot so I have decided to write you this letter.

I’m just getting to know the city and getting used to my new life in the Big Apple. Everything is very different from France and from all the places I went to. Everything looks bigger, more crowded than anywhere I’ve been to, especially Times Square.

This place is incredible. There are huge buildings everywhere. I love the energy of

this place. There are so many people from different horizons. You can hear languages from all over the world just by going there. There is everything you need and more. All the stores are so tempting; everything is made to satisfy the tourists’ dreams. But out of all that what I definitely like the most are the lights, especially at night. It is very impressive and I never get tired of watching them. I feel like I’m on another planet.

Even though the city is very different from where I lived before, my life is pretty much the same. I have the same routine everyday. I get up, listen to some music to start my day in a good mood and get ready for class. I always take a long shower to try to wake up properly; you know I’ve never been a morning person. I then take the subway with a friend that I met at school who lives right by my house.

How I wish you could meet her. She is so nice. She helped me with everything and gave me a lot of tips for the everyday life in New York that were very useful. She told me all the best places to go buy food or clothes and shoes. She also introduced me to a lot of her friends that showed me around. We are having so much fun together and getting along very well. She has the strongest temper ever, She is very small but don’t be fooled by her size; she is always speaking her mind. She is a little woman, with blue eyes and short blond hair and some much energy. I think we are getting along so well because our tempers are similar and we share the same passion for basketball.

Talking about short hair, I cut mine few weeks ago and wear it curly again. I remember the last time we saw each other I always had it straight. I also bought a lot of new clothes that I’m pretty sure you would like. Besides my hair and my clothes, I haven’t changed at all physically. But living in a bigger city made me grow up and made me stronger mentally. It is very different to have so many responsibilities and step-by-step, I’m becoming more independent. And as I was saying before I take the subway everyday with this friends to go to class. I always listen to music during this trip.

Most of them actually remind me of you, of us when we were listening to them together. It reminds me of the park in France we went to almost every Sunday afternoon. Do you remember? It was beautiful and so peaceful just laying there in the grass with you, listening to our favorites songs for hours during spring and summer time. The weather was so nice at these times of the year and the colors of the trees so nice. The first flowers were coming out, white, red, pink, yellow and anything else you can imagine. The moments I loved the most were when we would stay long enough to see the sunset when the sky got purple, red, orange, pink and yellow and slowly let the stars and the moon come out. I miss those moments and I miss you.

Tell me everything that has been going on in your life since I left. I want to know everything. How are you? How is your family doing? I hope your little brother Sanjay and your little sister Luna are still as sweet as they were when I left and are doing just fine. Does Luna start school yet? Did Sanjay say his first words? I hope you are doing great too. When are you moving to Paris?

You are always on my mind and I hope I will hear or read from you soon.

I miss you.

Melissa.