Leandro is a boy my age, a little bit older than me, and he has a little brother named Gabrielle. Leandro’s parents are friends of my parents. Today Leandro’s parents took me, Leandro, and Gabrielle to some mountains where they have these go cart things that allow you to go very fast. We went on one together and went full speed never slamming on the brakes. On the way there I was sitting in the car next to Leandro and his brother and I was sitting there listening to Leandro and the rest of his family argue with each other. I was just sitting there listening to Sicilian friends argue in a foreign language. It was very boring, but when I looked out the window I saw the mountains.
After gooing on the slide, we went back to his house and we made stuff out of paper. Leandro and his tiny brother don’t speak English so I had to use sign language by pointing things out, shrugging shoulders, and making faces. Besides that I had lots of fun.
Here is something I notice about Switzerland that is different from Tallahassee: all the kids who live in Basel have to ride a scooter, skateboard, bike, tram, or bus (the bus looks like an acordian). They go alone through the city on one of those vehicles usually. I thought that was very cool to be able to go through the city as a kid alone. I went to the skate park with Leandro and I rode a scooter and he rode a skateboard and we both cruised through the city to get to the skate park. After crossing streets, dodging the Swiss, and observing as we go, we got to the skate park where we found very skilled skateboarders doing amazing tricks. On the way back we took the tram back to Leandro’s house to find my parents, Leandro’s parents, and little “Lele” (his brother). Here is a picture of a tram 
