Christy enjoyed exploring the world. With her father, she'd been to the most amazing places in New Zealand, her native country. However, everything _was_ different now. She was travelling alone and that made her feel nervous. A couple of weeks before, she received her aunt's invitation to visit Europe. At first Christy _didn't want_ to go, but her mother insisted that visiting Europe would do her a lot of good. Christy's mother had been to Europe three times and she said that she _would go_ there again. She planned her _fourth_ trip to be to Italy. Christy sighed. Her mother was different. She was the most communicative person Christy had ever seen. She enjoyed __meeting_ new people and knew many languages. She was clever and brave. The announcement interrupted Christy's train of thought: Ladies and _gentlemen_, fasten your belts, please. We are landing_ The temperature in Paris-Orly Airport is — 2 degrees Celsius. Christy shuddered. “What am I going to do in that ice-cold city? I wish I _were_ home now. I would give anything to be there,” she suddenly felt like crying