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You can sometimes find yerba in Hispanic supermarkets, but the best place to get it is usually on Amazon. It costs about $10 (US) per kilo here. Relatively spea
by alamortsubite 6y ago
You can sometimes find yerba in Hispanic supermarkets, but the best place to get it is usually on Amazon. It costs about $10 (US) per kilo here. Relatively speaking, wine is very expensive, too.
People's notion of promptness as it pertains to social functions may be different than what you're used to. If you're going to a party, show up an hour or so after the indicated starting time, but if you're meeting with a few friends to hang out or for a drink, arrive more or less at the agreed time.
Public display of affection like that which Argentines are accustomed to is frowned upon here. Bienvenido a yanquilandia!
- riversflow 6y agoPDAs are frowned upon in the US? huh. This is news to me and I’m almost 30.
- lhorie 6y agoI don't recall about the specifics in Argentina, but in Brazil, it's customary to greet females by touching cheeks with them and making a kiss sound. It would most definitely be very awkward if you (as a male) attempted to do it to a female american friend. Generally speaking, americans tend to be less touchy-feely. For example, it's common for close asian male friends to wrap arms around each other while standing side by side, whereas in US this act has a homosexual connotation.
- alamortsubite 6y agoThat's not what I wrote. 30 is a great age. Take advantage of it and do some traveling.
- bogomipz 6y ago>"Public display of affection like that which Argentines are accustomed to is frowned upon here." Are you referring to the single cheek kiss used as a greeting? This is generally reserved for friends, friends of friends and family. The term PDA is generally used in a romantic context. I have travelled pretty extensively in Argentina - from BA to Mendoza and from Salta down to Ushuia and PDA is not a characteristic I would associate with Argentina which on the whole is pretty religious and conservative.
- alamortsubite 6y ago> Are you referring to single cheek kiss used as a greeting? No. I'm referring to full-on making out with your significant other in a public setting. Like in a park during the day, in McDonald's next to the kids bouncy ball pen, on the bus, etc.
- bogomipz 6y agoIt's not any more or less than you might see in any American city.
- alamortsubite 6y agoI lived in BsAs in addition to a few American cities, and I beg to differ.
- bogomipz 6y agoThen surely you understand that Porteños and B.A. are not at all representative of the average Argentine person or town in the same way that New York or New Yorkers are not at all representative of the average American or American city.
- alamortsubite 6y agoThat's amazing. If you have any other questions about what it's like to live in Argentina, direct them to OP. As much as I enjoy chasing goalposts, I am leaving now.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't post gratuitous swipes, even when someone has distorted what you said or it feels that way. It only makes the thread even worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html