What's Keeping You?

[French jurist]

An interesting thread would be: what made you come to Argentina?

I guess we all listened to a specific music, watched a specific movie, before coming here & while we didn't really know much about Argentina.

A tune I would listen to often before coming here is this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v97uUMDxXzQ

 

[nlaruccia]

Yesterday I got the typical question by an Argentine when they find out I'm a foreigner: "Te gusta vivir en Argentina?". It's exhausting getting this question on a daily basis, so I responded to her: "A vos te gusta vivir en Argentina?". She smiled and said not right now.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Yesterday I got the typical question by an Argentine when they find out I'm a foreigner: "Te gusta vivir en Argentina?". It's exhausting getting this question on a daily basis, so I responded to her: "A vos te gusta vivir en Argentina?". She smiled and said not right now.

The worst question is "¿Te gusta la Argentina?" because it oversimplifies so. There are things I like a lot, and things I dislike a lot - just as in my own country.

 

[mimyr]

An interesting thread would be: what made you come to Argentina?

I guess we all listened to a specific music, watched a specific movie, before coming here & while we didn't really know much about Argentina.

A tune I would listen to often before coming here is this one:

https://www.youtube....h?v=v97uUMDxXzQ

None of that for me. For me, it was a woman -- one I'd known and been friends with for four years. Unfortunately shortly after arriving she had a crisis and decided to dedicate her every waking moment outside of work towards her family, which apparently can't take care of itself. So now I'm just here for the beef.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

My first experience in Argentina almost kept me from returning. In 1979, I crossed from Coyhaique to Río Mayo, where I went to a parrilla with a couple German friends. A milico entered the restaurant with a sidearm and body language that said "I could pull this out and execute anybody I wish to, and none of you would dare say a word."

Then, a couple years later, I met an Argentine woman in Bolivia and then went to see her in Buenos Aires. We are still married, with one adult daughter.

 

[DontMindMe]

An interesting thread would be: what made you come to Argentina?

I guess we all listened to a specific music, watched a specific movie, before coming here & while we didn't really know much about Argentina.

A tune I would listen to often before coming here is this one:

https://www.youtube....h?v=v97uUMDxXzQ

Please start this thread, frenchie! I think we may have had one like it before, but there are so many new members that it doesn't matter. I'd certainly enjoy reading all the responses.

 

[ASperansky]

Yesterday I got the typical question by an Argentine when they find out I'm a foreigner: "Te gusta vivir en Argentina?". It's exhausting getting this question on a daily basis, so I responded to her: "A vos te gusta vivir en Argentina?". She smiled and said not right now.

I lived for 20+years in the States and had the same question over and over (of course, not about Argentina). I did not suffer there and I am happy being an American. However, what can I say, I like it much better here and now I can give people an honest answer.

 

[Girino]

An interesting thread would be: what made you come to Argentina?
I guess we all listened to a specific music, watched a specific movie, before coming here & while we didn't really know much about Argentina.

I listened to craps and watched shameful news on the TV about Berlusconi my whole life (since 1994, when I was 9 y.o.), that anywhere in the world would have been better. A big plus is that I don't speak Spanish, so I am happy in my ignorance. Eventually, I'll get tired of Argentina, as well, but I am seizing these blissful months of ignorance.