My first piece of Argentine meat... and many other firsts!

... for those of you who requested the NC-17 version of my PG blog... sorry this ain´t it.... but read on...

1) All I have watned since coming to Argentina, is to experience the ever so famous beef they have goin´on here! After a long afternoon at the bus terminal with my friend Marisa we were famished. Not being able to take another step with out food... we stumbbled upon this whole in the wall joint... cheezy animal portraits hung on the otherwise bare walls. Despite it being empty... afterall it was 5pm... not a normal eating time here (people eat dinner at 10 pm)... we ordered. A hamburger!!! I couldn´t wait for that Jackson Whole - Burger Joint- Peter Luger topper of all burgers... oh wait, I mean the frozen patty that came. doh! My first piece of Argentine meat was no more spacial than McD´s... atleast that has more artificial flavering for some taste...

2) First time I saw a dude picking his nose walking down the street. He was really hot... Lamarca, he was smokin´! I know he saw me, see him, pick his nose... but he didn´t stop! It made me wonder... is it socially acceptable to pick your nose here or was he trying to save face by showing me he was caught and didn´t care- he was a nose picker or he is so cocky that this is a norm for him? I´ll let you know if I see anymore nose pickers aside from myself of course.

3)Racism... the bus ticket purchase as previously mentioned was disastrous. After a 45 minute wait-- ticket dude messed up our tix... departure BsAs Dec 1, departure Iguazu Nov 28. What are we gonna go back in time?! We didn´t notice till we left... had to go back... no Í´m sorry´... nothing but him entering in the computer ´bad english´... mofo blammed it on us!!! Okay jerk please explain the miscommunication in you selling us a ticket to go back in time? Are Morty and Doc on that bus too?!

4) My first Subria ride... that is... let´s say it all together kids... subway. More like the T. Actually exactly like it... the maps even look the same... what bozo modeled their public transportation system after the T?! It doesn´t nearly cover enough ´barrios´... but I´m a walker... so I leave 5 hours before I need to be somewhere... and it works out great.

5) My first Malaria pill... the potential side effects are: throwing up, nightmares or vivid dreams, dizziness and a bunch of other ill stuff I can´t remember... hmmm... that or Malaria? So I took the pill and I am happy to say that I had no side effects... till... I went to bed... What you are about to read might remind you of some inane idea of Damien´s for a screen play... here goes... I was pregnant (not too worry mom, I´m not!) and was in need of an abortion (liberal in my dreams too!) but was feeling really torn and sad or for some reason couldn´t and the only option was to... have the fetus removed from me and transplanted into someone elses body... weird!!!! I dunno if I like these pills!!!!

6) first child begger... and then saw more. It was actually quite sad. 8 year olds alone walking the streets begging for money. I know this is previlent in other parts of the world as well... but it doesn´t make it any easier to see. One kid was at a red light and juggled 4 balls in front of the cars to try and earn cash... he seemed to be 6. I guess it is just in their cards.

So those are my firsts... and I am sure to have many more! Next stop... Tango!