A Chilean Adventure

Lot’s of excitement today! First, we met some other American exchange students. Now we know four students (two guys and two girls) from Vermont and three girls from Michigan. We met the Vermont students last week, but we haven’t really talked to them much. We met the Michigan girls this afternoon and immediately connected with them.

We connected so well that we went out with them tonight. First we just chilled and had some drinks at the bar down the street and then we headed to Strike for some karaoke. This time I didn’t sing any songs, but Danielle did. Each night they have a competition with five participants and we made her enter. She agreed, but only if Katie (one of the Michigan girls) and I danced.

The crowd loved it and Danielle won the contest, but we’re not sure what combination of factors led to the victory: blond, American, song in English, Madonna, or the dancers! Her prize was a hat that reads, “Yo gané en Strike!” (I won in Strike!).

Now that we’ve (Danielle) has really made a name for us, we might not be able to go to Strike for a while. Our new karaoke goal is to sing a song in Spanish. We bought a CD of a Mexican singer (Julieta Venegas) and we’ve been working on memorizing the lyrics. It’s only a matter of time…