How do I love thee...

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WHY I LOVE BUENOS AIRES by TARA

While it's easy for us all to write about the things we don't like, it's sometimes harder to write about the good things that we have. This is my attempt to do that.

1. Buenos Aires is the only city that I'm familiar with whose most important and powerful people are the bus drivers. They are above the law, they are fast and powerful, and they could ram down a cop car in a single swipe.

2. They are more trusting than most cultures. Here, they have a huge problem with change, the stores, the cabbies, etc. Either they don't know that it's necessary to have it, or don't think about it at the start of their day. But if they don't have change, more times than not they will tell you to just pay them later. A very big honor system is going on here. I think this has happened to me a good five times. Yes, I've repaid...

3. In most U.S. papers we have many different sections in the paper, like Business, Classifieds, Entertainment, etc. Here is one place where they have a "Carne" section. :-)

4. Movies cost less than two American dollars. What's the price nowadays, TEN BUCKS!?!

5. When a bar has a promotion on beer (this is an exceptional case, but still wanted to mention it!), instead of offering a discount or a two-fer, they just give them all away for free. What!?!? Reference attached photo...

6. Real Estate is priced in American dollars. Wouldn't it be funny if U.S. real estate was priced in Japanese Yen?

7. Argentina celebrates "The Day of the Woman" on March 8th. It's like two Valentine's Day within one month!!

8. Some bars and clubs don't close if people are still in it. They're partyer-friendly!

9. They don't buy into that crap about sugar being bad for you. They have an entire row in the supermarket dedicated to the 60 brands of dulce de leche :-)

10. Restaurants will deliver just about anything at just about any time that they're open. If you want an empanada, just one, it will delivered with no charge for the price of about 1.80 pesos. And then we have McEntrega...McDonald's delivers! Just moments after seeing this sign, I saw a delivery guy in the street and snuck behind him to steal a photo. Also Blockbuster will deliver the video of your choice for 5 pesos and will return the next day to pick it up. What joy!!

What do you like about your country?

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Photos

Sullivan's Promo
FREE beers! Yah, I know there's a lot of Bud, but Guiness and Corona, too.

McEntrega
"Like in McDonald's, but in your house!"

McEntrega delivery
There goes someone's BigMac, large fry and diet Coke.

Comments

[Anita]

Yowzers
Holy cow, Deliverly and Free Beers, why come back Tara?

[Breanne]

Micky D's
Mc Donalds Truely is global...it's funny but I never usually go when I am abroad but I do sometimes like their cheeseburgers when I am home