I'm going this summer for about 2 months... what should I know about the culture, customs, history, current events, geography, climate, anything?
By the way, I am going to stay in the province of Cordoba (central argentina).
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I'm going this summer for about 2 months... what should I know about the culture, customs, history, current events, geography, climate, anything?
By the way, I am going to stay in the province of Cordoba (central argentina).
You might want to see Evita, starring Madonna. Evita was an Argentinan actress who ended up marrying the president of Argentina. The movie could probably fill you in on some of the major culturual details.Quote:
Originally Posted by wasup
Wikepedia, Lonely Planet guide
Argentina comes from the word argentum(sp?) meaning silver.
Viggo Mortensen is from Argentina (Aragorn)
Like the rest of South America, they love football/soccer.
Viggo mortensen is from New York.
He lived in Argentina for a while in his youth though.
they gave rise to one of the greatest soccer players ever. who ironically also made one of the most obvious hand ball goals ever and got away with it!
The bastard.Quote:
Originally Posted by tkdyo
Argentina invaded our precious little rocks and sheep in the middle of the ocean so Thatcher came and whooped their asses. Speak about random wars. The harted of Argentina is still so strong in the UK and that is beyond me.
I'm going to be in that same exact place like two weeks from now. Haha maybe we could go someplace and talk about LDing.