On TV and Valparaiso

Vina del mar was pretty awesome. we got amazing seats thanks to the Bings and since we were right infront of all of the media, we got onto national tv multiple times! journalists even took pictures of some of my friends dancing in the aisles and interviewed others. my chilean mom even saw me on tv several times back at home! ken came to visit me for the week and we had an awesome week cramming in as much as we possibly could. we came back out for vina on sunday night and sat in the gallery with all of the "people." i'd have to say it was a lot more fun .. someone even lit a tissuepaper latern which was cool at first until it lit itself on fire and chunks of fire started falling on the crowd. vina was pretty awesome though .. it was basically like going to the grammy's. the next day we went to Valparaiso which is a small port town right next to Vina and walked around the city checking out the ascensors (elevators) used throughout the town and the local plazas. there is even a picture of ken in front of the many colorful houses that fill the hills of Valparaiso.