Getting to Know Gianni Chilonide, Italian Exchange Student

Gianni Chilonide is 17 and he chose this little country to come and study. The Wolf’s Howl spent an afternoon chatting with him asking about his experience in Honduras so far. Here’s how it went.

The Wolf’s Howl: “What was your first impression of the country?”

Gianni: “I thought that the people were very friendly! For example, here the people say “Hello” when they meet someone. In Italy people don’t greet someone if they don’t know them. I like this country especially its nature. There’s more of it here than in Italy.”

T.W.H.: “How has your Honduran family been?”

Gianni: “They’ve been great! They made me feel comfortable since day one. They’ve been taking me to tourist places, like Puerto Cortes, which was great! They said they were taking me to Roatan and to places like that, so I’m excited. They are nice.”

 T.W.H.: “So what food have you tried and liked?”

Gianni: “I like orange juice and the beef here is great!”

T.W.H.: “Tell us some fun facts about you.”

Gianni: “Well my favorite singer is Laura Pausini and my favorite author is Geronimo Stilton.”

T.W.H.: “Talking about favorites, what’s your favorite Spanish word and favorite number?”

Gianni: “Pucha! And 24.” (he laughed)

T.W.H.: “So, why Honduras when you had all those other countries to choose from?”

Gianni: “I just really liked it, I liked that it was small and I thought it was interesting.”

Our chat with Gianni concluded there; he has liked our country so far and we think that the Franciscan Institute will give him memories to last a lifetime!