Before i forget, i want to track my first impressions here.
- you can eat REALLY well on a lot less money. With the dollar exchange rate, we can have delicious fancy meals out for very little money. There's a cool restaurant scene. I think we've packed on a few pounds in a very short time.
- the museums are really good and also relatively cheap
- it's more foreign here the more i get to know it. first visits i thought it was language. now that my language is getting a little better, i see it's more than that...a lot more. attitudes towards self, family, friendship, government, recreation, all different.
- they're killing their kids with crazy amounts of sugar and lack of sleep. no matter how absurd it may sound to the typical argentine, i think this is a monumental crisis for this country. they put sugar in EVERYTHING. they give 1 year olds soda and cookies and cake EVERYDAY. The kids all look exhausted. it really blows my mind. there's sugar in the coffee grounds you buy at the store.
- there's a general ease with rules that is really nice. the idea is to follow rules for safety and common sense, not because they're rules. this makes for crazy driving, but it also makes for easier going people who seem less stressed out.
- the middle class mom seems to have an easier life. she doesn't worry about her kids diets or sleep (kidding.) schools are not relatively so expensive. she is expected to demand time for herself to do things like exercise, have friends, etc.
- money is not spent on sidewalks, streets, etc.
- getting in line is different. even felix is not taught to wait in line to wash his hands. ex, 8 kids are brought to 4 sinks and told to wash their hands - and they just have to deal.
- you can actually see the water going down the drains in the floors of the bathroom. there's always a little exposed drain area. apparently this is not the same drain as the toilet water uses.
- most drains do not go counter clockwise
- you can eat REALLY well on a lot less money. With the dollar exchange rate, we can have delicious fancy meals out for very little money. There's a cool restaurant scene. I think we've packed on a few pounds in a very short time.
- the museums are really good and also relatively cheap
- it's more foreign here the more i get to know it. first visits i thought it was language. now that my language is getting a little better, i see it's more than that...a lot more. attitudes towards self, family, friendship, government, recreation, all different.
- they're killing their kids with crazy amounts of sugar and lack of sleep. no matter how absurd it may sound to the typical argentine, i think this is a monumental crisis for this country. they put sugar in EVERYTHING. they give 1 year olds soda and cookies and cake EVERYDAY. The kids all look exhausted. it really blows my mind. there's sugar in the coffee grounds you buy at the store.
- there's a general ease with rules that is really nice. the idea is to follow rules for safety and common sense, not because they're rules. this makes for crazy driving, but it also makes for easier going people who seem less stressed out.
- the middle class mom seems to have an easier life. she doesn't worry about her kids diets or sleep (kidding.) schools are not relatively so expensive. she is expected to demand time for herself to do things like exercise, have friends, etc.
- money is not spent on sidewalks, streets, etc.
- getting in line is different. even felix is not taught to wait in line to wash his hands. ex, 8 kids are brought to 4 sinks and told to wash their hands - and they just have to deal.
- you can actually see the water going down the drains in the floors of the bathroom. there's always a little exposed drain area. apparently this is not the same drain as the toilet water uses.
- most drains do not go counter clockwise
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