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Hi, I'm Francesca.
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I am 17 and I leave every chancer Italy Michaelmas Fair was allocated in your vanities.
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I lived there with my mom, my dad and my 16 year old brother.
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My family enjoy spending time with friends, listening to music, watching movies and traveling were very close and have a lot of fun together.
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The thing is, I'm not there right now.
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I'm in America, in Ohio, in a rule town.
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I came here is an exchange student Last summer, I was supposed to be here for one year.
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Back in Italy, things were not good.
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The number of deaths in Italy has increased by more than 1/3 to 631.
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My parents catch me up, will face style.
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My brother gets up, does your school on his own work, watches a movie.
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He's pretty bored, loves to hang out with friends.
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But I can't.
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My parents are very worried.
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It's big white local year.
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They air both working from home.
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Right now, they can only leave the house to go to the grocery store Pharmacy.
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Here my life looks quite different.
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I get out, I do my homework to go for a wall hanging out with my brother is in play with a dog.
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I don't feel like I'm trapped in the house.
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Being away from my family in Italy right now is very hard.
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Thio Thio checked in use every day and I see how much people were struggling over there.
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And it hurts me, sir, that we're okay.
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Fine.
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What I am experiencing now it's different from my expectations because now I'm stuck in a house.
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I can't see my friends here.
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It's kind of weird and crazy, but we're saying safe at home.
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How is it for you?
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Just know that I'm here, not there with you.
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It's after, you know, the Norway from us because people more family should get together in a way we know that are safer Was their life continued on each day similar to the last week after week?
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Until one day Italy has begun easing its Corona virus restrictions Right now, how is it like it is very, very bad at the moment.
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It's hard to start again, and even now you have to call up.
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We're just very from people.
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So we'll find a way.
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Absolutely.
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When we here in America didn't go.
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As expected, this was still the best year of my life.
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But it can't wait to see my country.
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However change it might be.
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And in spite of the virus and the quarantine and everything how you very tight when you can call love you by life.