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Ciao Giulia!! I am sorry, I am only writing this in English because I am in a hurry. I have to study a lot for my final exams!! I was wondering if we could exchange emails so that we can continue to write each other!! My email is topaz11186@comcast.net. If you want then you can email me at that address and we can keep in touch even though our class email assignments are finished. I hope to hear from you soon! -Cameron

Hi Cameron! How are you? sorry if in these days I didn’t write you. Here in Italy, at Catania, some days later there was at a stadium an homicide of an Italian policeman. It is horrible in my opinion…I don’t understand how one person can kill a policeman only for one football mach. Here in Italy there is a strange phenomenon: “campalinismo”. the people are very attached at their cities and their traditions and this is more visible at stadium when there are the match between the two team of the same city. Here in Italy there are in all cities a football match and in all Sundays these play. You can’t believe that Everytime someone kills another person. for me this is unthinkable…kill only for a sport??for me is very very shy!! I don’t like football very much because I don’t understand why 11 boys run with one ball…but here in Italy it is the most famous sport. I generally follow the swim-competition because the swim is my favourite sport. Here in Bergamo,in particular in Alzano Lombardo, there is a celebration on 11th November, because it is the celebration of saint patron of Alzano (San Martino). It is the country-celebration in that day we don’t go to school and in all streets of Alzano there are a lot of newsagents. It’s very nice both for us because we don’t go to school and for the other people because can go around the newsagents. Then there is the other celebration that is in a lot of cities: Santa Lucia On 13th December here arrive a lot of presents for the children that believe in this story. Pratically the story says that in that night Santa Lucia brings the presents to the children while they are sleeping. In true the presents are brought to their parents. In my family my parents often talk the Bergamo’s dialect, above all when they are angry with me or with my sisters. With my old grandmother I have to talk only in dialect because she is very old and she understands only the dialect. With my friend I don’t use dialect because it is shy. In my classroom some of my friend sometimes use some dialect words. Generally In the center of city that isn’t used but in mountain or in the counties yes. Now I have to go…. Bye bye!! Giulia

Ciao Cameron! Come stai?scusa se in questi giorni non ti ho scritto. Qualche giorno fa a Catania, qui in italia, un poliziotto è stato ucciso allo stadio durante una partita di calcio. È una cosa orribile...non riesco a capire come una persona possa ammazzare un poliziotto solo per una partita di calcio. Qui in italia c’è uno strano fenomeno: il campalinismo. Le persone sono molto attaccate alle loro città e alle loro tradizioni e questo è molto visibile allo stadio quando ci sono le partite fra due squadre della stessa città. Qui in italia ogni città ha la sua squadra di calcio e ogni domenica giocano. Non è impossibile creder che ogni volta una persona ammazzi qualcun altro, per è inconcepibile. Uccidere per uno sport?per me è veramente veramente vergognoso. A me non piace molto il calcio perchè non capisco il motivo per cui 11 ragazzi corrano con una palla, ma qui in italia è lo sport piu famoso. Qui a bergamo, in particolare ad Alzano Lombardo, c’è una festa l’11 novembre perchè si festeggia il patrono di questo paese: San Martino. In questo giorno noi non andiamo a scuola e in ogni strada di alzano ci sono le bancarelle. È molto piacevole sia per noi che non andiamo a scuola sia per le altre persone che possono girare per le bancarelle. C’è un’altra festa: Santa Lucia. Il 13 dicembre ai bambini che ancora credono in questa storia arrivano molti regali. Praticamente la storia dice che in quella notte Santa Lucia porta a tutti i bambini dei doni mentre loro dormono. In verità i regali vengono portati dai genitori. Nella mia famiglia i miei genitori spesso parlano in dialetto bergamasco, soprattutto quando sono molto arrabbiati con me e con le mie sorelle. Con mia nonna, che è molto vecchia, devo per forza parlare in dialetto per farmi capire.con i miei amici però non lo parlo perchè è vergognoso.. Alcuni nella mia classe usano alcune parole in dialetto. Nel centro della città difficilmente è parlato, mentre nei paesi o in montagna viene utilizzato. Scusa ma ora devo andare. A presto Ciao ciao Giulia

FEBRUARY 27thHi Giulia! In my Italian class we are learning about the traditions that the different cities have in Italy. Does your city have a traditional celebration? What is it? What do you do? Why does your city celebrate it? In Nederland, a city near my city in Colorado, they celebrate "Frozen Dead Guy Days" every year in March. A long time ago, a man decided to freeze himself so that he could come back to life in the future. Today his body is still frozen in a shed in Nederland. The Frozen Dead Guy festival is where all of the people in the city dress up like zombies and race down a hill carrying coffins. It is a very wierd tradition. My teacher also said that different cities and families have they own slang that they use when they talk to each other. Do you use slang when you speak with your family or friends? One word that my friends and I use a lot is "merr." It is a word that we made up, and we use it to say hello when we want to be silly with each other. Americans use a lot of slang when we talk to each other. For example, to say hello we say "yo!" or "what's up?" means "what are you doing?" Sometimes people say "Peace out" when they want to say goodbye. A very popular slang word is "sweet." We say sweet when something is very good. What are some slang Italian words that you use? Do you like to watch sports? What sports do you like and what are your favorite teams? I like to watch American football. My favorite teams are the Ducks from the University of Oregon and I also like the Broncos from Colorado. Every year in Oregon, the Ducks play against our rivals, the Beavers. It is a very fun game, and all of the college students go crazy and have big parties, especially if the Ducks win. A lot of Duck fans paint their faces yellow and green because those are the colors of the University of Oregon. Ok, I have to go now! Talk to you soon! -Cameron

Ciao Giulia! Nel mio classe Italiano impariamo di i tradizioni delle citta' diverse in Italia. C'e' un feste tradizionale nella tua citta'? Descrivi la festa perfavore! In Nederland, una citta' vicino a la mia citta' in Colorado, celebriano i Giorni di il Uomo Gelato Morto ogni anno in Marzo. Molto tempo fa, un uomo ha deciso di gelarse' perche ha voluto vivere nel futuro. Oggi, il suo corpo e' in una baracca in Nederland. La festa e' quando tutti di persone hanno costume del un mostro e corrono giu' una collina con bare. E' un tradizione molto strano. La mia professoressa dice che le citta' e famiglie diversi hanno gergo che usano quando parlano insieme. Usai gergo con tua famiglia o tue amici? Una parola che use con i mie amici e' "merr". E' una parola che ho inventato parlare "ciao" quando voglio essere sciocca. I Amercani usare molto gergo a parlare. Per esempio, dire ciao dicono "yo!" o il definizione di "what's up?" e "come fai" in Italiano. Inoltre, le persone dicono "peace out" dire arrivederci. Un parola tanto populare e' "sweet." Diciamo "sweet" quando una cosa e' molto bene. Che sono parole di gergo in Italiano? Ti piace guardare i sport? Quali sport ti piace e che sono le tue squadre preferito? Mi piace guardare football. Mie squadre preferito sono i Ducks di l'universita' del Oregon e i Broncos di Colorado. Ogni anno in Oregon, i Ducks giocare con i nostri rivali, i Beavers. E' un tempo divertento soprattutto quando i Ducks vincere. C'e' molte feste e gli studenti sono matto. Molto tifi del Ducks dipingono le loro facce con verde e giallo perche sono le colore dell'Universita' del Oregon. Ok ciao, a presto! -Cameron

FEBRUARY 8th
Hey Giulia!! I am good, but I am sick. :-( How are you? Yes! It is cool that we were both Girl Scouts!! I went to many Girl Scout camps during the summer when I was not in school. We went camping, learned how to make fires, cooked food, did arts and crafts, and we sang lots of songs! What do you do when you meet with your Girl Scouts? I think it is a very good idea to go to a different place than where you live for school. I am from Colorado, and I moved to Oregon for school. Oregon and Colorado are vary far from each other so I don't see my family very much, but I think it is a good experience. I wanted to study at the University of Oregon, because it is a very different place from Colorado and it is very beautiful. It is also a good school to study English Literature and I like the people here. I also like the size of the campus and the professors are nice. Do you want to study abroad? Where would you go? Recently, I applied to study abroad this summer in Perugia. I want to continue to learn Italian. I don't know if I am accepted into the program yet, but if I am I will be very excited! If I go to Perugia, I want to live with a family so that I can practice Italian a lot. However, I am nervous because I think it will be hard for me to communicate with other people in Italian, especially because a lot of people talk really fast!! I hope people are patient with me!! Ok! Time for lunch! I am having Macaroni and Cheese! Yum! Talk to you soon!

Ciao Giulia! Sono bene, ma sono malata. :-( Come stai? Si! E' Buonissimo che eravamo entrambe le Girl Scout!! Sono andato a molti campeggi durante l'estate quando non ero nella scuola. Siamo andati campeggia, abbiamo imparato come fare dei fuochi, abbiamo cucinato il cibo, abbiamo fatto arti, e abbiamo cantato molte canzoni! Che fai quando sei con le Girl Scout? Penso che e' un molto buono idea andare a un luogo diverso di dove tu viva per la scuola. Sono di Colorado, e ho trasferito a Oregon per la scuola. Oregon e Colorado sono molto lontano da l'un l'altro e non vedo la mia famiglia molto, ma penso che e' un'esperienza buona. Ho voluto studiare all'Universita' di Oregon perche e' un luogo diverso di Colorado e e' molto bello. Inoltre, e' una scuola buona studiare letterature inglese, e mi piace le gente a qui. Inoltre mi piace la misura dell'universita' e i professori sono simpatico. Ti vuoi studiare in un altro paese? Dove? Recentemente, ho applicato studiare in Perugia questo estate. Voglio continuare imparare Italiano. Io non so se sono accettato ancora, ma se sono, saro' molto eccitato! Se vado a Perugia, volgio vivere con una famiglia in modo che posso praticare molto Italiano. Sono nervoso perche penso che sara' difficile per me parlare con le persone in Italiano perche molte persone parlanno veloce!! Spero che le gente sono paziente con me! Ok! E' ora per il pranzo! Mangero' Macaroni e formaggio! E' Buono! Parlero' con tu presto! Ciao!

Ciao Cameron! Come stai? Eri una scout? Oh mio dio! Questa cosa è molto interessante! Cosa facevi con loro durante i campi? Io ho solo un cane, il suo nome è Argo e mia sorella Sara lo adora perchè stanno crescendo insieme. Conosco le tue band preferite e anche a me piace la loro musica, specialmente quella rock. Adoro i Beatles, i Queen, i Pink FLoid, eccetera...e amo ascoltare la mucisa, perchè quando inizio a sentire qualche cosa inizio a pensare a tutto.

Stai studiando letteratura inglese, giusto? Bene.. io non so cosa studierò dopo il liceo. Mi piacerebbe concentrare i miei studi nell’ambito sanitario, ma ora come ora non so ancora. Onestamente non ho mai pensato di iniziare a studiare in un’altra città europea ma mia madre quando ero più piccola mi diceva:” quando sarai in quarta liceo potrai andare a studiare in un altro paese!”. . pensa che voleva che venissi in America... Ma ora sono in quarta e sono ancora in Italia.

HI Cameron!! How are you? Were you a girl-scout? Oh my god! It ‘s very intresting !! What did you do when you went with them? camps? I have only one dog. Its name is Argo and my sister Sara loves it, because they are growing together. I know your favourite bands and I like them music. Especially rock-music. I love The Beatle, The Queen, Pink Floid…I love listening the music because when I start to listen something I begin to think…I think about everything….

Are you studying English-literature, is it right? well…I don’t know what I will study after high school. I’d like to focus my studies in a health-range, but I don’t know very well now. Honestly I have never thought to study in another european-city but I think that could involve me. When I was younger than now, my mother said me :”when you will be in fourth class you can go to study in another country” and she wanted that I had to go in USA. But know I’m in fourth class and I’m in Italy.

"Were you a girl-scout?" --> You were a girl-scout?** "I don't know very well now." --> I am not sure yet "I think that could involve me." --> I think I might be interested "she wanted that I had to go in USA." --> she wanted me to go to the USA**
 * Corrections:
 * "It's very intresting!" --> That is very interesting!**
 * "They are growing together" --> She grew up with it**
 * "I like them music" --> I like their music

JANUARY 26th
Ciao Giulia! Mi chiamo Cameron e sono di Evergreen, Colorado nelle montagne. Ma, vado alla scuola in Eugene, Oregon. Ho 20 anni, e studio la letteratura all'universita' di Oregon. Ho una madre, un padre, e una sorella minore. La mia sorella si chiama Dana, e ha 17 anni. I miei genitori sono divorziati. Anche ho un gatto, si chiama Snowball. Ha animali domestici? La mia madre lavora a un liceo e il mio padre lavora a sua casa. La mia sorella va a liceo. La mia citta' nella Oregon e' intersante perche e' un "College town." Ci sono molti festi sulla weekend, ma studio duro durante la settimana. La mia citta' e' un poco piccolo e e' due ore dalla citta' grande, Portland. -No, non penso che Florence e' una citta' Italiano. Penso che la citta' si chiama Florence per nessuna ragione. Ero una girl scout quando ero piu' giovane. Era molto divertente! Penso che Girl Scouts in America sono diverso, perche di solito una ragazza e' solo una Girl Scout quando l'eta' di 7-13. Non fatto un sport, ma vado a il gym molto. Mi piace nadare anche, ma non nuoto molto. Mi piace ascoltare la musica. Le mie bande preferite sono The Beatles, Green Day, The White Stripes, e Led Zeppelin. Sa queste bande? Che la musica ti piace? Ok, e' ora di per me andare, perche la mia programma preferita e' sul TV!! Ciao!! -Cameron

"ha animali domestici?" -->Hai animali domestici? "ci sono molti festi sulla weekend" --> ci sono molte feste nel weekend "quando l'età di 7-13 "--> quando ha 7-13 anni " non fatto uno sport" --> non ho mai fatto uno sport "mi piace nadare" -->mi piace nuotare "sa queste bande?" --> conosci questi gruppi? "che la musica ti piace?"-->che tipo di musica ti piace?**
 * CORREZIONI:**
 * "Anche ho un gatto" -->inoltre ho un gatto

Hey Giulia! My name is Cameron and I am from Evergreen, Colorado in the mountains. However, I go to school in Eugene, Oregon. I am 20 years old and I study English at the University of Oregon. I have a mom, a dad, and one younger sister. My sister's name is Dana and she is 17 years old. My parents are divorced. Also, I have a cat named Snowball. Do you have any pets? My mom works in a highschool and my dad works at home. My sister goes to high school. My city in Oregon in interesting because it is a college town. There are a lot of parties on the weekends, but I study hard during the week. My city is kind of small and it is two hours away from Portland, a big city. -No, I don't think that Florence is an Italian city. I think that the city is named Florence for no reason. I was a girl scout when I was younger! It was very fun! I think that Girl Scouts in America is different, because usually a girl is only a Girl Scout from ages 7-13. I don't play any spots, but I like to go to the gym a lot. I like to swim too, but I don't do it a lot. I like to listen to music. My favorite bands are The Beatles, Green Day, the White Stripes, and Led Zeppelin. Do you know these bands? What kind of music do you like? Ok, I have to go now because my favorite show is on TV! Bye!! -Cameron

//Hi!! My name is Giulia and i live in Bergamo, a little city near Milan. I’m 18 years old. My family is composed by five people: my father, my mother, two sisters and me. We live here for 10 years, in a modern flat. That has three bedrooms, (one for my parents, one for my sisters, and one for me), a big salon, two bathrooms and one kitchen. We live in a quiet quarter of Bergamo, where there are a lot of condominiums and a lot of families. Here everybody know everybody, the climate between us is very serene and they are lovely. But sometimes there was a little fight. My father is Denis, and he is 52 years old. He is a chemical worker. He work very hard. For me he is the best worker that I know because he loves his job. My mother is Carla and she is 51 years old. She is a midwife, she helps three pediatricians in an ambulatory. She works very well and she is eteem by her colleagues.. My sisters are younger than me .Paola is 16 years old, and Sara 11. Paola attends the high school while Sara the middle school. How is your family composed by? Your city??

I ‘m a girl guides(scout), and if your scout are the same that I see in the American-film I think that we are different, but I don’t know with precision. You can tell me what your scout do because I’m very curious. I love swimming and I’m a lifeguard and now I’m studying to become a swim-instructor. I have benn swimming for a lot of years, since I was 7 years old, and Swimming is the only sport that I do. Here in Italy there are a lot of swimming-pool and now I’m working at a pool near my home. For me is very convenient because I can go there by bus. Do you practise any sport?? Do you have any hobbies?

Now I will describe how is my city: Bergamo (Bèrghem in [|Lombard]) is a town in [|Lombardy], [|Italy], about 40km northeast of [|Milan]. The commune covers 39.6 km², and is home to 113,143 inhabitants. It is home to [|Orio al Serio International Airport], which serves the [|Province of Bergamo], and to a lesser extent [|Milan]. The foothills of the Alps begin immediately north of the town. The town has two centers: "Città alta" (uptown), a hilltop medieval town, surrounded by 17th century cyclopic defensive walls, and "Città bassa" (downtown), developed since the beginning of the 20th century. The two parts of the town are connected by road, however parking spaces are very limited in the 'upper town' and the road is blocked on Sundays. The best and most practical way for a pedestrian to access the 'upper town' is via the [|funicular] which runs regularly 7 days a week.//

//Città alta//
//The upper city, surrounded by Venetian walls built in the 17th century, serves as the historic center of Bergamo.It includes numerous historical monuments://
 * //Piazza Vecchia (old square)//
 * //Palazzo della Ragione. It was the seat of the administration of the city in the communal age. It is now seat of exhibitions. Erected in the 12th century, it was rebuilt in the late 16th century by Pietro Isabello. The façade has the St. Mark's Lion over a mullioned window, testifying the long period of Venetian dominance. The atrium has a well-preserved 18th century [|sundial].//
 * //Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint Mary). It was built from 1137 on the site of a previous religious edifice from the 7th century, which in turn had been erected over a Roman temple. In 1185 the high altar was consecrated and in 1187 the presbytery and part of the transept were finished. Construction lasted until the 15th century, while the bell tower was built [|1459]. Of this first edifice remains the external Romanesque structure and the Greek cross plan, while the interior was widely modified in the 16th and 17th centuries. The [|transept] has a fresco by [|Giotto] (1347), depicting the Tree of Life. Noteworthy are the [|presbitery], the great Crucifix portraying the Painful Christ and the tomb of [|Gaetano Donizetti]. The dome has frescoes by [|Giovanbattista Tiepolo].//
 * [|//Cappella Colleoni//] //([|Colleoni] chapel), annexed to Santa Maria Maggiore, a masterwork of Renaissance architecture and decoration art.//

//Città bassa//
===//The modern città bassa.The lower city, having expanded rapidly during the 20th century, is the modern center of Bergamo.Of artistic relevance are the [|Pinacoteca dell'Accademia Carrara] (picture museum of Carrara academy), known as "Accademia Carrara" and the nearby Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (gallery of modern and contemporary art), known as GAMEC. The lower part of the city is diveded in many bourghs: __COlognola, Borgo Santa Ctrina, Cledina__//===

//History//
//Bergamo occupies the site of the ancient town of Bergomum, which was a [|Roman] municipality. It was destroyed by [|Attila] in the [|5th century]. Between [|1264] and [|1428] the town was ruled by Milan, but passed to [|Venetian] control until [|1797]; the Venetians fortified the higher portion of the town. Bergamo has a prominent place in music history. The large __Romanesque__ church of Santa Maria Maggiore, begun in [|1137], had a continuous and well-documented tradition of music teaching and singing for more than eight hundred years. Since the town was under Venetian control, the musical style of the Venetians was imported as well; in particular, a large instrumental ensemble grew up to support the choral singing. Composers such as Gasparo Alberti produced [|polychoral] music with two __organs__, brass and viols, a style usually associated with Venice, but which flourished in the fine acoustical environment of S Maria Maggiore. Prominent musicians born in Bergamo include, Pietro Locatelli, ANtonio Lolli, and GianLuigi Trovesi. Alessandro Grandi, one of the most progressive composers of the early __17th century__ after Monteverdi, was maestro di cappella there until his death in the plague of 1641; Tarquini Merula., an even more progressive composer, and one of the founders of the early sonata, took over his post. A famous musician that lived in Bergamo was maestro Gianandrea Gavazzeni. Bergamo was the hometown and last resting place of Enrico Rastelli, a highly technical and world famous juggler who lived in this town and, in 1931, died here at the early age of 34 years. There is a life-sized statue to Rastelli within his mausoleum.

i SAw in a Oregon map that there is a city called Florence.Was it founded by any italian comunity? Can you describe me yuor city?//