RED. YELLOW. GREEN.
The traffic lights here are backwards. They warn you when to go, as opposed to when to stop. All that's missing is a pretty girl dropping a handkerchief.
CHILD-FRIENDLY
Our kids have never received so much attention. BA locals have no reservations about tickling their knees on the subway, rubbing their heads, talking directly to them, or helping us carry the cart up the subway steps. Super friendly people here. And they absolutely love kids.
STEAKS
Okay, so far this is a let-down. I was expecting great steaks. Argentina is renowned for great steaks. But everything I get at the supermarket is crappy steaks thinly sliced into five worse steaks. You buy what you think is a rib-eye and you end up with a bunch of minute steaks stacked on top of each other. I still need to figure this one out.
QUEUES
People stand in long line-ups here just to make a phone call. At least that's what I think they're doing. They circle the block to get to the Telecentro.
WHO
Everyone seems to do their grocery shopping at 8 pm. You'll see kids in the park at midnight.
STREET STONES
There is no consistency in the street stones here. It took me a while to figure it out, but my guess is that all the sidewalks are privately owned. That's why the building materials are all over the map.
A few more differences between Argentina and Canada here.
I've had three people ask me for directions already. Maybe I'm turning Argentine, I'm turning Argentine, I really think so.
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