Hello, my name is Melissa Cook. I'm 11 years old. I live in Delmar, DE. I go to Delmar Elementary School. I love to play soccer, playing with playdough, make clay pots and candles, ride my bike, go skating, and play basketball. I was born here in Delmar, well in the country on a farm.

A Travel Friend,
Melissa Cook

Dear Melissa,

Hi! My name is Morgan. I am 10 years old and I enjoy soccer, playdough, making pottery, riding bikes, going skating, and play basketball. Believe it or not I like everything you like! I was born in Houston, Texas and I am living here still. For the Virtual Vacation I would like to go to Eygpt and go into all the underground tunnels. I also think that you could become best friends very fast!!

Your friend,
Morgan

Dear Friends,

Yes I would like to go on a Vacation. I would like to see places in my own country. Yes I have dreamed of visiting far away places but I never got the opportunity. Yes I want to know more about the virtual vacation.

What you mean when you say virtual vacation is that we are going on a vacation without leaving our house or home. Yes I have been on a virtual vacation before where you had to sit on these seats and the screen comes at you. I went on a virtual vacation to Texas. Yes I can imagine going on a trip without leaving home.

My name is Ashley I am 12 years old, I live in Delaware. I have been living in Delaware for three years. I was born in Easton. What makes our area interesting in that there are lots of stores and you are close to the mall and the movies is in the mall. There are interesting places in my neighborhood like trails in the woods pools and other stuff like that!!! Yes interesting things happen there every summer like having a pool party.

I do not know if any famous people have lived there but they could have. Our global address is 38.45.26N and 75.57.47W. Our country got it's name because It has different states. The name means that there are different states and they are united. I do not know what my country is called in other languages. My home area got its name because they got the Del from Delaware and The Mar from Maryland which made Delmar. I do know know what the name of my area means. The weather is like very cold. I like my weather because if it snows really bad then you will not be able to go to school. Yes I would like to go on a virtual vacation that the weather is different from mine because on your vacation you don't have school.

Yes, I think our weather matters because it will not be the same all the time. Our country is 9,372,614 sq km (3,618,770 sq mi).

Your friend,
Ashley
[Ashley and friends found Hvide Sande on the map.]

Hi kids in kidwai. how are you all doing, fine i hope. so my name is Shamar Ross. how are you all doing? I am 11 years old. I live in Laurel, Delaware. I love to write to people all around the wourld. I love to come to kidlink to write with Mrs.Weeg. She is my favorite kidlink teacher. I am doing the Virtual Vaction. I have done it one time I have told peolple where to go to a place on Vacation.

Your Friend,
Shamar Ross

Hi kids,

If you go to a place where Edgar Allen Poe was a famous writer at Baltimore, Maryland. He wrote scary stories. He was a very big famous person. This would be a place to go to on a vacation. I would love to see you all come and visit this place. If you come here you would love it here at Baltimore, Maryland. I would love to see you on Vacation. It would be fun to come there.

http://www.nps.gov/edal/index1.html

Your Friend,
Shamar Ross
I am 11 years old

A letter from 07.04.99:

Dear Melissa , Ashley and Shamar in Delmar.

We are to boys from Hvid Sande in Denmark. We are both 13 years old and we have decided to Go on the vacation to Delmar, if it is ok. Matin and me think Delmar is a very interesting place. But we wood like to give you three one question: Wood Melissa, Ashley and Sharmar be our pen pal? See a later alligator, in a while crocodile.

Yours Friends
Martin Andersen & Dennis Jeppesen.