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Karlee from Blue Grass Iowa

Jeffery from Orange County California

Chiara from Zagreb Croatia

Syeda from America

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Penpals has changed my opinion on parts of the world. I always thought that the places close to you where the most similar, and places far away where so different from here. Penpals thought me that the a person in Croatia can have so much more in common that I ever thought, even more in common than someone in America! People are way more similar than I ever expected but we still have unique things about us because of where we live and how we live. It has been really fun learning about all of you and I hope you feel the same. 👋🏽😊

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Chiara and I have a different daily life. Chiara lives in an apartment with her family and lives an hour away from school. Karlee and I have a very different daily lives as well. Karlee is surrounded my agriculture while I am surrounded my streets and houses. Karlee lives by farms and fields, she also uses the highway to get most places.

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Popular dishes in Texas are Mexican and barbecue but it is very different Croatia. Popular dishes in Croatia are kebabs, kebabs is flat bread with beef or chicken and many vegetables. Croatia and America do both have fast food restaurants in common like McDonald’s.

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An important event in Texas history was the Alamo but there are also very interesting events in other part of the world. The Alamo occurred in what is now San Antonio, the Texans were fighting for freedom against Mexico. The Alamo was a building where fighters were staying, they were attacked by 1,000 Mexican soilers and lost. They later fought Mexico again his time winning and screaming “remember the Alamo !”. Karlee lives Iowa, Iowa’S hisortstarted In 1840 when the  Winnebago Indians where forced out of their homes in Wisconsin by the US government. They were offered land in what is now Iowa. The one thing I have noticed about Iowa and Texas is that they both fought to gain the land or freedom they wanted. Blue Grass the name of the place were Karlee lives comes from the land that was very popular for traveling and camping by the Indians. The grass was eventually worn down and bluish green sprouted resembling Blue Grass Kentucky, that is how Blue Grass Iowa got its name.

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Pop culture in America is very similar in all the states but it is also so cool to see the differences between the two! Jeffery lives in California and movies there are very similar but a lot more extreme than here. Music in Texas is mostly pop and lots of country. In California there is always a new celebrity on the rise and the way they talk, dress, and act can very much everyone. Popular music is hip-hop, pop, and rap. Some things that California and Texas do have in common is that YouTube, Snapchat, and Instagram are how trends begin and spread. Although the same things apply in how things get started they can take totally different routes and end up so different.

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Art and literature can be the same or different depending on where you are from. Art and in Jefferys community is much like mine. Art in his community is mostly murals on wall for people to admire, much like in Texas. It can also me the music he hears around him on radio.