The Interview

Yesterday afternoon Geneen and I are walking along the path from our residence to the hospital. Three teenage boys are ahead all but blocking the path, excited about something. Geneen squeezes by -- “Con permiso”. To me, they push a cell phone in my face. It’s a video interview. “We’re talking with a tourist here. What do you llike about the area?” “The nature, the people, the weather -- everything,” I reply. This quickly moves to soccer somehow. How do I feel about Liverpool losing to Chelsea? Who do I like in the Spanish League? I’m in my element now so I ramble on for a while...