New Skype partner!

On the last Skype exchange I was supposed to talk to Ugo as usual. Unfortunately he was not in class, so we had to join some other group! I'm sorry with Federico and Marina, it has been pretty hard to talk with four people together!!

Anyway, it has been very interesting to talk with another American student! Kristen has finally explained clearly to me how exactly do Elections in the US work: I was sure that the President had to be chosen between Hillary and Obama (It's funny to notice that they call Hillary by her first name and Obama by last name! Maybe it's only in order not to confuse her with her husband, but I think that it can also be because she is a woman...). On the contrary, the Americans are now voting for the so-called primaries, in which they should elect their favourite who will "fight" against McCain! I'm so tired about all the Italian politican campaign, but what about these poor Americans?! Their new president will be known only in November! It's such a long time...

This is the most interesting thing I came to know during our conversation. I think that our difficulties came from the fact that there were too many people talking together, so it was not quite clear which our topic was! Next week I hope to hear Ugo again, if he will wake up on time :p! These Americans are always tired... Is it so strange to have lesson at 8.30 in the morning?

At the beginning of the exchange I came to think that it would have been more interesting to change our Skype partner every week, so that we could have talked to more people and maybe we could have had the possibility to know different people. I mean, are all the students in Dickinson as tired and friendly as Ugo and so giggly and beautiful as Kristen? But this week I understood that, even though it would have been nice from the point of view of personal knowledge, it woud also be very repetitive from the point of view of contents! Our question in the first meeting with a new person are more or less always the same! So... I'm waiting for next week! ^_^