Annalisa_CP2

Today I met with Elvire for the second time. We met at the Starbucks at the library and sat on the little stool things looking out on Landis Green. After learning she was from the Ivory Coast, I looked at the news about the Ivory Coast and found out about the unrest there last year resulting from the Presidential elections. We talked about elections and the crisis that happened there as well as the campaign processes. In Africa, there is only two weeks of campaigning before the election! It's a big difference compared to the campaign process in the US. She told me that people in Africa don't talk about politics because it is such a controversial issue. I told her that in my experience, people always talk about politics here, disclaiming that most of the people I talk to are Political Science and International Affairs majors! I also found out more about her future plans. Elvire plans on going to Boston for school in September; she has a cousin there so she won't be all alone, which made me feel relieved. I told her that she should prepare for really cold weather and snow in the winter. She seemed surprised that it would be cold, so I really hope she'll get used to the weather. There were a couple times that I had to use Google translate to help me find a word or two in French. I was really happy when I showed her the word and she would start using the English word when we talked about that particular topic (snow, for example). It was really fun hanging out with her again and we made plans to have lunch next week.