An English/Italian & (surprise!) German lesson

My friend Rosy is Italian, and part of her childhood was spent in Germany.  She has been practicing her self taught English with me and the boys. In return she has been helping us learn Italian. We usually have a lot of fun, and base our lessons on conversation and reading. Today a class-mate of Gabriel’s who also speaks German, came over to our house during the time Rosy was here. I already knew he and his sister spoke English quite well. Rosy and he were speaking in Italian, and suddenly they were speaking in German! It was fabulous to hear! So then we started a game, One of us mother-tongue English speakers would speak in English, a German speaker would answer in German, and the other German speaker would translate the German into Italian. And we would answer back in English. We kept the conversation going in this way, and it was so much fun! For the boys and I, our lives have changed so much since we came here, and this is a good example. Gabriel and Matthew are also learning French in school, and continuing their English lessons there too, although all of the other classes such as history and science are taught in Italian.