Las Últimas Noticias

Álvaro Durán

Oh...I love journalism.

The exposé en Las Últimas Noticias was a little humbling...and hillarious. I simply thought that the article from last week´s interview wasn´t gonna make it to the press because:
A) I didn´t think 2 singing gringos were that news-worthy
B) Mauricio, the journalist, said it would be out by the weekend
C) Again, a few college students getting free rides on buses by serenading the awe-stricken passengers with folksy classics from years gone by --- it´s just not worth putting on the third page of what is one of Santiago´s largest daily newspapers!

You can see how much what I think matters.

Here´s what the article says. Danielle is interesting and had a legitimate reason for singing on micros - she was researching a school paper. Kit, on the other hand, just gets on the micros to say he´s from rural America, doesn´t take too well to the city life, and speaks poor español.

In one part of the article it has me quoted as saying people are "mucho amable," which I did not say. That´s like saying, "Those people were LOTS OF FRIENDLY AND NICE." I read the article first online, where it lacks the italics that are in the printed version, which I like to think give it a comical sense! I admit that Danielle speaks better than me, quite a bit actually, but I did not say mucho amable. I´m sure I said something like, "La gente en las micros es muy amable."

Oh, and 2 people recognized me before I had even seen the article. That was a surprise to say the least!
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Other than an article in the newspaper...I´ve been studying: wrote a 6 page paper over the weekend, took an exam this morning, have another tomorrow, and have 2 more papers to pump out. It´s exam week!

And then the family arrives. Jamie and the ´rents are flying in, but Meaghan and her boyfriend Tim arrive fashionably on their motorcycle. They left the same week as me in August from Utah . They´ve cruised through all of Central America and have had to zoom through the northwestern section of South America to make it down here to Santiago in time. They´re LOTS OF amazing! www.viajerosdelmundo.blogspot.com