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My new home town (a way to introduce myself)
Last year, I had to move to Le Havre because of my studies.
Le Havre is an average city of 175 000 inhabitants located in the North of France at the embouchure mouth of the Seine rRiver. Even if though this city is pretty close to Paris (only one hour by train), you will maybe may have never heard about it. Indeed, the current city is not really attractive for appealing to tourists since it has been was rebuilt with tons of concrete after World War 2 bombings, giving a sad look to the city. Moreover, this sad depressing architecture is often accentuated with the bad weather, especially in winter :)
Over time, i I got have gotten used to this city where industry is very established and really gives life to the city. I practice sailing every week on J-80 which allows me to get close to the giant ships entering in the harbour (Le Havre is the second French harbour with an important cruise and container traffic). The city has a true maritime culture. Indeed, in the street you can encounter somebody wearing a wetsuit and carrying his surfboard under his arm to enjoy an after-work session. What's more, tomorrow there will be the departure start (or beginning) of a famous oceanic race called the Transat Jacques Vabre between Le Havre and Itajaí in Brazil. This event brings creates a very enjoyable (or festive) atmosphere in the city.
Here is a little photo of Le Havre beach.
Très bon travail, Phillippe. I made a few corrections and tried to smooth out the grammar a little while keeping as much of your original writing intact as possible. Also, harbour is the British spelling and harbor is the American spelling. Both are acceptable, but harbor is considerably more common here in the US. There are other words that have variant spellings: colour (Brit) vs color(Amer), theatre (Brit) vs theater (Amer), centre (Brit) vs center (Amer), etc.
J'espère que cela aide.
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