Robbie's Mom speaks French very well.

G: What are you doing for the long weekend?

R: I'm not sure. I can't make my mind up. I could stay with my mum in Paris or I could go and see my dad. He's staying with my grandparents on a farm.

G: Paris, wow. I didn't know your mum lived in Paris.

R: She doesn't live there. She works for a big international company and they do a lot of business in France. But she doesn't speak French very well. My French is pretty bad but even I speak better than she does! So she's doing a French course there. She's staying in a really cool apartment near the Louvre.

G: That sounds amazing. Have you been there before?

R: Yes, I've been there a few times. When I go there, I stay up late, get up late and then just eat all the time - the food is pretty amazing. Apart from that, I find Paris rather boring. My mum is completely obsessed with shopping and art museums.

G: That sounds perfect to me! What will you do at your dad's?

R: I'll go fishing, play my guitar, hang out.

G: But that sounds extremely boring. I don't think you'll have fun on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Everybody goes to bed really early, especially on a farm. Time goes unbelievably slowly in the country - I can't stand it.

R: Yes, it's a bit quiet. But I quite like being in the country and luckily I know someone in the village.

G: Ah right. Is that someone a girl by any chance?

R: Yes. I went horse-riding last time I was there, and she works at the stables. She's a little shy, but I think I'll go and stay on the farm and get to know her a bit better.

G: Can I go and stay with your mum in Paris, then?

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