Claudia+Piraino

= =

= = //Hi everybody!// //My name is Claudia, I'm 21 years old and I study languages at the University of Padua. I live with my father and my brother in a village near Brescia (a city in the North of Italy) and twice a week I catch the train and come to Padua, where I share a flat with 5 friends of mine. I think that living in the city where you study is very useful, on one hand because you can move by bicycle or by foot (otherwise it will be very difficult to find a parking space in the town); on the other hand, it's very uncomfortable to submit to trains/buses time-tables. Moreover, when I'm not at home I feel more independent and I can organize my time as I prefer. The main disadvantage is that I can spend with my family only the days of the week end.// //I like going to university, because I love the subjects I study: English and German are the language courses I attend and, last year, I choose to learn also some words of Modern Greek as a third language (here in the University there's the possibility to attend courses of a third language, but only for one year). I find German a very difficult language, but at the same time, a very interesting one. English is easier and I feel more comfortable using it when I talk with foreign people, because I've been studying it for several years. Modern Greek is the most difficult of the three; I spent almost a month just to learn how to pronounce every single letter of the alphabet, because at the high school I never studied Ancient Greek and it was a language completely new for me.// //Lessons and studies keep busy the most part of my daytime, but during my free time there are a lot of things I like to do, for example listening to music (I'd like to know if there's someone who doesn't love this activity...). I don't have a favourite kind of music, indeed I listen a bit of everything and the majority of times I chose a certain rhythm according to my mood. In addiction to that I like reading; on a shelf in my bedroom there are a lot of books that are waiting to be read (the most of them are written in Italian, but there are also some written in English, because I often alternate, reading one book in Italian and then one in English). Above all, I like reading novels (for example I'm fond of Tracy Chevalier's works) or fantasy books (I adore the Harry Potter's series).// //And now, what else can I say about me? I think the introduction of myself is quite clear and complete. It lacks my physical description, but do you think it's important?//