I stayed in Argentina for a year. I soon realized that the people there are different from us. For one they use a lot less energy 81% less energy than us approx. (ifitweremyhome). They also make a lot less money than us but they spend less on energy and oil and health care.
Many small stores close between 1pm-5pm while families’ head home to have a big mid-day meal with their families. Hanging out with friends and spending time with your family is very important in Argentina. Meals and meal times differ a lot as well. Breakfast isn’t a very big meal or a big deal. You wake up and eat maybe a piece of toast. Lunch is the most important and happens between 12 and 2pm. This is the biggest meal. Dinner is not as big as lunch and usually is leftovers or sandwiches. Dinner is eaten around 8pm or as late as 11pm. In Argentina people dress a little nicer. You’ll find men wearing jeans or nice dress pants and dress shoes. Often wearing soccer jerseys or t-shirts. Women tend to dress up in more feminine cloths. You won’t find many women in sneakers. Especially at night when the go out they are wearing dressy cloths and nice shoes.
In the mid-day a lot of the time when we didn’t have big meals we met up with friends at a café or place like that. We also spent a lot of our time playing soccer. In Argentina much like here they love to pass the time playing sports if there not playing soccer there biking water skiing hiking and more. They like Americans watch movies in movie theaters as well. And when the movies aren’t in Spanish they have Spanish subtitles.
People in Argentina love beef. Nearly every home has a barbeque area. They celebrate occasions with beef. If not cooked at home cooked at a restaurant. Another thing they love to eat are called empanadas which are dough with all kinds of meat inside of them. They drink tea all the time. And there are very few vegetarians in argentina. 
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