What Argentina has taught me

Mar 9th, 2007, 10:53 pm

In my eighteen days in Argentina, I’ve learned five very important things:

1. A disproportionate percentage of the girls here are amazingly attractive. I heard about this before coming here from a few of my friends who had been to Argentina, but I didn’t quite believe it. I mean, is it really possibly for that many people to look good? Yes, it is. I really hope plastic surgery isn’t the reason behind it. That would just kill everything. And for you ladies and gay guys out there, I’ve been told the guys here are good-looking as well.
2. Argentines are very Eurocentric. They seem to look at Europe for inspiration, not Latin America. For example, Buenos Aires is known as the Paris of South America. Why must everything be related back to Europe? Perhaps this is because the vast majority of Argentines are of European descent, while the rest of Latin Americans come from more diverse, mixed origins (indigenous, European, African, Asian, etc.). Still. This ain’t Europa.
3. Argentine beef makes American beef taste like trash. The steaks here are truly delicious, but eating beef twice a day gets annoying.
4. Always ask where the colectivos, or city buses, go if you’re not sure. Otherwise, you may end up in an strange, dangerous place many kilómetros from your home at night. Did I learn this from experience? Maybe.
5. Argentines call Indians from India hindús. I don’t like this term at all. It’s so misleading because not all Indians are Hindus.

Wanna know what else I learn about Argentina? Making lungis.com a regular part of your daily routine.

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