Jean-Paul in Sweden

Hi!
I have been in Sweden for three weeks now. It was very hot and sunny when I arrived. The picture of me is from a school race just before we started to run. It was a tough race and it was sweaty to wear a knitted cardigan but I was happy anyway because it's fun here in Sweden.
Today, June 11 is the last day for the pupils in school and tomorrow their summer break begins. I am going to join the class in the church this afternoon with Elisabeth and Saila, their teachers. It's very common to gather in the church when we finish the school year in June. I hope you will have a good summer and see you all in August!
Jean-Paul

relay race

Here is a picture of the relay race. It was interesting and fun because in this school each level has a theme. The 6° level (12 year old students) have to choose the name of an artist or composer for their class name. They have chose "Coco Chanel, Louis Arstrong, Monet, Raphael, Bach". The 5° level (13 year old students) have to choose an author " A. Christie, J. London, J.K. Rowling". The 4° level (14 year old students) the name of mathematician, "Papin, Diaz, Thales, Bonacci". The 3° level (15 year old students) the name of a Nobel Peace Price winner "Dalai Lama, Ghandi, Rigoberta Manchu, Korczak, Aung San Suu Kyi". So each class has a certain color and the relay stick has to do with the class name. For example Coco Chanel had a bottle of water with N° 5 written on it, Dalai Lama had a bambou stick, Louis Armstrong had a musical note. So it was fun and original.
By the way I ran two laps, it took me a long time. I was exhausted in the end! If you look at the picture closed I am at the far left hand side. Can you see me????

lunch time

After playing basketball and cheering my class, we were starving. Lunch time was fun. We all had lunch together as a team. We had French bread (of course) the baguette is really yummy! We had potatoe chips, chicken paté, a tomatoe, a hard boiled egg, cheese (viva la French cheese!) cookies, a bottle of water (no wine!) and bananas from Martinique. Do you know where Martinique is?? It is an island in the Caribbean and it belongs to France. The bananas were delicious, I enjoyed them alot. After such a big lunch I was ready for a "sieste" but wait we had a big relay race to prepare ...

A little exercise

While my team was playing basketball, I was doing a little exercise, warming up a little. Unfortunately there were no football (soccer) matches I'm a pretty good goalie, I would have blocked those balls. Oh well!

Sports Day in France with pictures

Hi, Just wanted to fill you in with pictures of Sports Day in France. This part won't be long.

Like I said I love loud music, couldn't be any closer. Just like Jean-Paul I love rock 'n roll, we have a lot in common.