Skype chat by Reinaldo Espinoza

Last Wednesday we had a video conversation with U.S. students of Creighton University. I talk to a girl, I don´t remember the name of her, It was a bit difficult to pronounce. She studied biology and is 22 years old. She told me that live on campus and it is 40 kilometers away from their parents. She lives in Oklahoma and told me that there are many trees. I asked if she celebrates Halloween and told me they have many festivals and costumes, children trick-or-treating in their neighborhoods. She didn´t know exactly why they celebrate Halloween, celebrated only masquerading as a celebrity. She told me that Halloween is fun and loves; also she said me that she likes watching Halloween movies. I told her that we don´t celebrate Halloween in Ecuador but we celebrate the Day of the Dead. I told her that we do “colada morada “and baby bread. We're going to visit our loved ones in the cemetery and let those flowers. The Day of the Dead is an ancient Mayan tradition but was altered by the Spanish.

 We talked about Christmas and she was very interested in our tradition of the old year, she said she is going to do in this New Year. I asked what she does at Christmas and told me that depends on family traditions. They eat turkey on Thanksgiving and Christmas are given many gifts.

I asked if I wanted to visit Ecuador and said he was scared because there are many dangerous animals but if you'd like to visit Galapagos because she studied biology. In conclusion it was a fun conversation that she did not know much Spanish and danced to remember the words but we understood enough when we talked.