Newspaper Spanish

My Spanish is pretty good, and I did understand the article...BUT...Newspaper Spanish and Spanish that is spoken in everyday transactions are two different animals. The words they use in "journalistic" writing can be obtuse and are often used in different manners that someone who is learning to speak the language would understand. Give the poor Snowbirds a break...at least they cared enough to translate this article (such as it was).

It's a long-running joke between Sidney and me.