New to Cordoba

Welcome to Expat.com Jorge!

Thanks for the intro.

Harmonie.

Thank you so much!

Welcome Jorge.  I haven't noticed the personal space issue, expect when people need to kiss me when we meet and kiss me when we part.  Still getting used to that!   


Lisa

Hi Lisa,

Yes. I'm getting used to the kissing too. I tend to go for a hug when they reach out to kiss me which turns into something completely awkward. Our cheeks tend to press against one another. Then I feel odd and they feel odd.

Have you been in Argentina long?

P.S. I learned that there are two Starbucks in the province of Cordoba which I'm eager to go to. Apparently the owners are expats themselves who opened a franchise. There's also a TGIF restaurant in Buenos Aires which I hope to go to someday.

Dear Jorge,

I hardly visit this page, but when I saw your post I totally sympathized!  I was born in the US, went to boarding school in Florida, and, actually passed an exam in Spanish for my university degree.  Nearly 20 years in Africa, lots of Portuguese, but decided I wanted the best part of my life to be in South America.  I live in La Cumbre with a gorgeous view of the Sierras after all those years of sun and sand.  Nobody around me speaks English, which is to be expected, so I get my "fix" from free internet TV.  I get along ok in Spanish, but there is a lot of African Portuguese mixed in there, and after 18 years in school, I really do not like memorizing verb conjugations for the 3rd time.  (First time was in French).  Still, I live in a welcoming little community, and everyone tolerates my grammar mistakes, so it is a happy existence.  Yes, after New York, the rush is off, people promise to come look at your plumbing but it takes a week... Never mind, you come from a great country with the advantage of seeing the outside world, so you can use this for your future.  I hope you will settle in and enjoy where you are now. Cordoba to me is a bit too busy, but that is because I lived in many cities internationally when I was younger.  I should imagine for you after New York and Florida that the restaurants in CBA are as disappointing as they are to me.  I often make my own Thai and Mex at home, but then nobody to eat with as my friends think black pepper is spicy!  Adjust, be happy, and if you are headed in the direction of La Cumbre, my direct email is [email protected].

Kind regards,
Michelle

Dear Michelle:

Thank you for reaching out to me. I will e-mail you shortly.

Regards,

Jorge

Dear Jorge!

Such interesting story. I can only sympathize with you. I am about to do the same. After have been living in Sweden for the past 14 years i wanna come back to my "homecountry", i need to find my roots. I need this so desperatly but i am affraid of no getting use to, being dissapointed.
I am on  my way to Peru, but this time it will take a little bit longer. I am in Foz do Iguazu right now but i'll head to Argentina soon, passing through Cordoba. I may stay there for 3 days. If you have time we could meet up for a beer. Let's keep in touch.
Wish you good luck!

Linda

Linda,

Thank you. Feel free to reach out to me by e-mail. I'd like to meet and exchange expat experiences.

Best,

Jorge

Hi Jorge!

I realize this is an older blog post but I just joined the Expat.com and was looking around.  I'm from the Pennsylvania and moved here to Córdoba about two years ago, live with my boyfriend and don't really have any English speaking friends here.  While I love it here, the culture everything, I could totally relate to your post - getting used to the personal space thing, missing American restaurants and stores, and trying for the love of God to sloooooow down my pace of life and with that, what become more understanding of the slower pace here.  Guess it will just take some more time and patience!  Hope you're doing well.  Have things changed much, are you feeling better since you wrote this post?  I wish you all the best! 

Amelia

Hi Amelia,

How are you? I'm glad to find someone who can relate to what I've been going through. The truth is that I have yet to get use to things here ... despite the fact that next month is my 1 year anniversary in Argentina. There is a facebook site which has expats that are living in Cordoba. That you might find helpful. Please let me know if you are interested and I will forward you the link.

Hi Jorge!

Congrats on your one year "anniversary" of moving to Córdoba!  Yes, that would be great to join the expat page on Facebook! Thanks a lot in advance!

Amelia

Could you post the link to the Facebook group here?  My Google search for expats in Cordoba did not yield fruitful results.