Postcard 5 - Presentation 'Once when I was in...' - 'France'

Dear John,

This time I have a very funny story for you. And maybe you can’t believe it, but again it has something to do with travelling… The reason why I’m writing it to you, is that you are still single. And as you know, I am very keen on wedding parties. The story in this letter can be a solution for your loneliness.

Last week Nina told me about her journey into France, which she made a few years ago. At that time, she was eighteen years old, had passed her MBO and wanted to spend a nice time abroad. She applied for Euro camp and in June 2003 she went to France to start a career as a receptionist at one of the campsites. During the outward journey, she really enjoyed the nature of Dordogne, with beautiful rocks and lots of rivers. It was this time, from the airport to her destination, that she heard some passengers talking about a Dutch racing cyclist. The boy had had a heavy fall a few days before, but Nina couldn’t understand more of the story because of the difficult accent the people had.

When she arrived at the campsite, she still thought she was going to be a receptionist. How disappointing when the next morning it turned out that she had to clean the houses and caravans after people had left their accommodation. But of course our Nina overcame this disappointment and started to do her work. And for a few days there was no more than mops, sponges and wash-leathers. But us usual, bad times were followed by better ones.

One day she met a boy with a smashed face, who turned out to be her colleague. After the normal forms of etiquette she got to know that he was the Dutch racing cyclist the people in the car had talked about! But that was not all. More dates followed and weeks later Nina called this boy her boyfriend. And the most striking part of this story came at the end: this boy is still Nina’s boyfriend!

So John, I think you already got the message. Call Euro camp for a job as a receptionist (read: cleaner), go to France and you will certainly fall in love with the most spectacular girl! And don’t forget me when you are going to send your wedding announcements…

All the best,
Neline