One question that came from my sister that I thought might be interesting to others is, “What could you not find in Argentina that you would want?” Here are a few things that I came up with. Since we have not spent extensive time in Argentina, I’m not sure how accurate this list is. However, here it goes!
- Peanut Butter – This first comes to my head because my uncle, aunt, and cousins used to be in Chile and they didn’t have any either (just a childhood memory)
- Marshmallows – I guess that means no smores and Hannah will have to make fondant with something else or make her own marshmallows
- Inexpensive technology – it’s true. I priced a Motorola Xoom before I left the USA. It was around $347. In Argentina it was around $800. I’ll surely be missing this.
- Mustard
- Salty (non-sweet) ketchup
Like technology, there are many things that you can easily find there but are expensive. It’s not like the whole country is a vacant land mass. The big difference is cost.
As bad as it may sound that we might not find the items in this list in Argentina, there are so many things that we find in Argentina that we don’t find elsewhere that outweigh these small number of things.
Well, after hours in the air in uncomfortable sleeping positions, we finally made it at 6 this morning. We had a couple fiascoes with the airlines and the luggage, but what else is to be expected? However, we are here now with our luggage. Lucas, a friend of David’s was gracious enough to pick us up from the airport and take us around the city to run some errands. Córdoba is gorgeous. It’s spring time and the flowers and smells are wonderful…when you separate them from the smells of diesel and other random, undesirable smells. This morning we spent some time around the city. We had an incredible breakfast which consisted of some coffee, toast, and liquidy but delicious yogurt. The tastes, sights, and sounds are wonderful. I wish I could share them all with you but that would give you no incentive to come visit yourself…not to mention I can share the tastes and smells over the internet.