Comments on: Expat Meme

By: hijo de thor, sobrino de messner

hijo de thor, sobrino de messner — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:21:27 +0000

como bien dicen, hay carriles para las bicis pero nadie los respeta, siempre hay autos estacionados. eso nos da a los ciclistas enajenados la libertad de pedalear como sicoticos por todos lados. con el tiempo uno desarrolla una especie de deformacion mental en la que la bicicleta se transforma en una especie de auto muy pequeño. personalmente yo pedaleo como su estuviese en un tanque. los autos son mis enemigos y si me muestro fragil no me respetaran. pero si en cambio actuo de ua manera mas prepotente, los automovilistas se hacen a un lado. no estana costumbrados a que se los maltrate en bicicleta y si a eso le sumamos cara de loco a las 715 de la mañana y mis casi 100 kilos, funciona.
en brasil hay zonas en las que te saludan hasta con tres besos y eso si que es complicado.
a los que no me conocen: espero no molestar comentando en español, es solo que el ingles para mi es oral, escribirlo ya me cuesta demasiado por falta de practica.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:34:05 +0000

Oh Nat, I also miss the variety and quality of food i was used to in California. (Sometimes I dream of Trader Joe’s!)

But more practically I miss the assumption that I can go to an ATM and take out money from my account. AND I really miss not having to pay an 8% fee to do so–when I can find an ATM with cash, that is. (And don’t get me started on the garantia!!)

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:40:36 +0000

Great list, although I really do miss to go coffee (I guess you can take the girl out of San Francisco, but you can´t completly eradicate fast-paced neurosis from the girl?)

By: exnat

exnat — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:32:59 +0000

Hey Francisco,

It’s funny cause there are bike lanes but people just park in them or there’s construction or the road is broken there… it’s just totally absurd. On the other hand people tend to be a lot more understanding of why you’re biking in the middle of the road than in the States…

By: Francisco from Seattle

Francisco from Seattle — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:29:21 +0000

Hi Nat!
DeLaRua Tryied tu push those bike lanes years ago, in Barracas!

By: Frank Almeida

Frank Almeida — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:53:34 +0000

However, you wrote about it in another post (garantía).

I also like your list.

By: exnat

exnat — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:30:20 +0000

obsessed? i only put it once…

By: pipinthecity

pipinthecity — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:09:20 +0000

lol cool meme, I particularly liked the comment about “garantías”, someone is a little bit obsessed.
And I hear you about the price of technology, it just pains me to pay twice as much just because. About kisses on the cheek, you´d flip out in Italy with the double kissing thing… though i think to remember they start from the other side, which made for a very weird situation with my great uncle, ugh!

By: exnat

exnat — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:03:59 +0000

Oh right… it goes 5,4,3,2,1. Little slow, eh…

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:44:42 +0000

I echo these sentiments. Funny, not too long ago I had a dream where I was “back” in the States and kissed my friends who were shocked and didn´t know how to respond. heehee.
(psst, you only named four out of five things you love about Argentina, there´s one more, right?