Jessica CP2

Last Thursday after class I met up with my conversation partner, Cloris. She, her sister Venus, and Alonso and I ended up going to grab dinner at Monk's restaurant which was a great opportunity for them to order in English. We sat outside and talked about their apartment and the other Panamanian students they've meet in Tallahassee. Cloris is a bit shy, but definitely opened up with her sister and Alonso there to join in the conversation. They are all very sweet and enthusiastic people, it's great to be able to hear about their lives in Panama too, a country I know little about.
We started talking about our families and I asked what field their parents worked in in Panama. Alonso had told me that he works for their dad, but we hadn't gotten into what he does for him so I assumed their dad's business might have something to do with aviation. Venus replied to my question saying what I thought was 'air control' and so I asked if he was a pilot. The confused look on her and Cloris' faces told me that he wasn't and they asked why I would think that. I said that if he runs an 'air control' business he could reasonably be a pilot. They told me that made no sense to them, so I asked what his business does. Venus started explaining about the crops they plant, carrots and corn and they have chickens. I busted out laughing realizing she must have said 'agriculture' not 'air control' which in a noisy restaurant and with a bit of an accent somehow sounded the same to me. They found it pretty funny as well, maybe I need to work on my listening skills, haha.
After that we got onto the topic of difficult words to say in English and Spanish, for example 'Otorrinolaringólogo, ' a throat doctor! I couldn't come up with anything quite as good in English, any suggestions??

It was definitely a great time out with all of them and we were pretty tired by the time I dropped them off at their apartment. I can't wait to hang out with Cloris again, she's really neat and interesting, and her English is quite good!