Dear Mika,
How are you? Hope everything is well.
I miss you already. It's different being here, so far away from you.
Hogwarts is really great though. You would love it. I've only been here one day but I can tell we're going to learn loads. The teachers seem nice enough. You would love the Charms teacher, Professor Flitwick; he's nearly a head shorter than you and at least seventy years old!
They Sort you into Houses here with an old, ratty hat that (can you believe it?) sings and reads your thoughts. Weird, huh? We've got to compete against the other three houses to win. I hope we win. The kids in my House seem nice enough; I think I'll make friends. I've already met some cool people. You'd like them a lot.
Hogwarts itself is incredible. Trust me, you've never seen anything as magical until you've seen the castle. It's decorated with hundreds of thousands of moving portraits that talk and shout out things when you walk by; staircases that move as well, although apparently teachers don't acknowledge that as an acceptable excuse to tardiness; suits of armor that chase you down the corridors, clanking (in a playful way, of course); ghosts that float in and out of classrooms on their own free will; and there's even a poltergeist named Peeves whose purpose at the school I'm not entirely sure of… but rumor has it that he lives to make trouble and wreak havoc.
I don't know yet if I'll be coming back for the holidays so write back soon!
-Love Always-