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Remeber about two years ago in the US people began belieivng in the atkins diet? People lost weight, the beef industry skyrocketed and multi national wheat company’s profits suffered. In Argentina there probably never was a atkins, the beef industry has always dominated and few people have heard of that useless grain. Put very simply the people here are skinny and beautiful. The other day one of our friends actually tried to marry at least four different girls in the club, claiming that they were the most beautiful women in the world.
In restaraunts here you can pay about 18 pesos (6 dollars) and receive a several course meal with all you can eat sausages, beef ribs and filet, drink good wine and scarf down free Italian bread, while at the same time ordering seconds for no extra charge. It’s strange because in a place where things are cheap one finds themselves becoming even cheaper. For example a three peso (One dollar) sanwhich and a 4 peso litre of stella artois seems not only steep but unacceptable. Weird.
The food might be good but few are ready for the quality of nightlife. Since here there has not been a single night where i even got close to my bed before 530 am. Taking taxis home at 7 in the morning is standard for both young professionals and middle aged homemakers, not to mention the pre-teens who roam the streets trying to either make a buck or engage in the local culture of never sleeping or being able to speak because your voice box is so worn out from yelling over fast paced techno music for days on end, while drinking fernet –the local herbal liquor that tastes much like the flouride treatment in a dental office, which most argentineans mix with cola.
Much like Santiago, national holidays here are strictly observed. Most stores close down, even for holidays like flag day and national watch-argentina-play-futbol-day.
We should be here another couple of days, but is hard to leave, especially in the face of the high quality trinket markets where nate has bought everything from soap boxes to brass knuckles.
Oh yeah i can't forget about the national dance the tango, which in spanish translates literally to "old people dance very sexy very slow" but it can be fun dancing with your neighbor's gradmother, even on a friday night.
Well it's 130 am and my goal is to go to bed early tonight.