What I do and do not miss about Buenos Aires

DO miss

·         Falling in love with strangers on public transportation

·         Going to a club at 2am and then checking my watch only to see it’s now 5:30am and I’m still partying

·         Kissing everyone, I mean everyone, on the cheek

·         Waking up every day to hear Argentine Spanish

·         Tea time with las Madres

·         Eating bread and meat for nearly every meal

·         Political activism, involvement, and representation of many social sectors

·         All of the cool people I met; Argentines, Flacsitos, and foreigners alike

DO NOT miss

·         Surprise dog poop under my shoe on the street

·         Old ladies dying hair red

·         Dogs wearing jackets when it’s 60ºF

·         Not able to run at midnight, due to security problems even in nicer neighborhoods

·         Senseless and incessant honking as if continuing to honk will make the light change, stalled car restart faster, or elderly people cross the street more quickly

·         Watching the citizens throw their trash on the street even though a trash can is less than 2 metres away

·          Fernet

·         General dirtiness of the city