Compared to the amount of time Sam Sylvester has been speaking English, his entire life, his Italian is relatively new. "I've been learning it for four or five years, I think," Sylvester said.

His skills were put to the test last spring when he traveled with 11 of his classmates to Italy.

"When I got there, how it looks is how I expected, but it was a big culture shock because I'm used to English all the time and nobody spoke English, so that was a big change," Sylvester said.

Sylvester wasn't the only one who felt a bit out of place. Aurora Hollenbeck was a little surprised to discover how Italians lived their everyday lives.

"They walk everywhere and they eat healthier foods and they're schooling is different and their cars are different," Hollenbeck said.

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