Nicolas CP #2

Luis and I met outside of his apartment building near Call St. We went over to the Chick-fi-la and had a late lunch where we talked about his time in Panama. He grew up and studied in Panama but came to Tallahassee to learn business english. His father owns a company that deals with international trade and learning english is crucial in the business. We talked about whether he enjoys it here in Tallahassee and to his credit, he did say that he was able to find good places to go out and dance. We got a call from his long time girlfriend, who happened to have studied here at CIES as well. Apparently, he english is perfect.

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