The idea is to look at the things you love now to appreciate the last moments here, look at the things you hate when you are crying at the airport and look at the things you missed from home when you are wondering how it was ever possible to miss such a boring small town.
So in the spirit of tradition and because it is therapeutic, here are my lists.
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT ARGENTINA
1. CAFE!!! - i am going to die without cafe havana
2. Cheap, cool clothes on Cordoba
3. el subte
4. thick curly hair :)
5. Gancia and cheap wine
6. alfajores, ducle de leche, milensa and carne- all the food i started out hating and will now crave
7. mi familia and all of the girls from my track
8. ferias, teatro, plazas, centros culturales: always having something cheap and amazing to do at any hour and any day
9. the exchange rate: cheap waxes, cheap avocados, cheap(er) living
10. lo argnetino: the accent, UBA, the flag, it is a country unlike any other
THE THINGS I HATE ABOUT ARGENTINA
1. PIROPOS
2. Dog shit and the smell of dog shit everywhere
3. Light pollution- oh how i miss the stars
4. Noise pollution- honking does not make the light change color faster
5. Crowed wallet-stealing buses
6. Broken sidewalks and dripping building juice
7. INEFFICIENCY- i will be a happy person if i never have to wait in three lines at the correo again
8. Self absorbed argentine conversations
9. Self absorbed mullet wearing argentine musicians
10. Self absorbed argentine waiters- i miss customer service
THINGS I MISS ABOUT HOME
1. family and friends
2. My room, my big bed, my down comforter, sleeping and sleeping and sleeping
3. Grocery stores and cooking
4. Madison: the union, the coffee shops, the restaurants
5. Food: mexican, thai, chinese, bagels, skim milk, CHEESE!
6. Talking face to face with the people i love
7. Midwest friendliness
8. living on water
9. Target
10. Tampons with plastic applicators
2 comments:
What's el subte? (Working hard to make it seem as if this was the only Spanish word in your list I don't know.)
I refuse to believe that you hated Dulce de Leche when you arrived. Or ever.
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