Taking My DAD to His HOMETOWN in ARGENTINA After 55 Years ⏱️ 🌊 | Visiting The Port City Necochea

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We took my dad, Daniel, back to his hometown of Necochea, Argentina after 55 years! This was a trip that we had talked about doing for years and we finally made it happen. In this video, we'll visit the Argentine coastal city where he grew up before emigrating to the United States and later Canada. We'll visit his old family home, the beaches where he swam as a child, and the pier where he spent his days fishing. This video is a collection of moments and memories - we honestly filmed it more for ourselves than anything else - but we hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane as we share little glimpses of our family history.

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Taking My DAD to His HOMETOWN After 55 Years ⏱️ 🌊 | Visiting Necochea, Argentina

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Taking My DAD to His HOMETOWN in ARGENTINA After 55 Years ⏱️ 🌊 | Visiting The Port City Necochea

🇦🇷 Trip Down Memory Lane in Necochea: From Family Disco to South Atlantic Waves

Join us as we revisit our childhood home, relive family legends and dive into seaside nostalgia in Necochea, Argentina. Here’s everything that happens in this video—summarized in chronological order for your YouTube description box:

Family Home Flashback
– We start at Dad’s old house in Necochea—our “waterloo” and childhood domain. He jokes, “I told Mom I’d open a disco here!”

Seafood Cravings Kick In
– “It’s a taste of the sea,” we laugh—seafood every day is what brought us back.

Ocean Daredevils
– My dad and Sam decide to run into the freezing South Atlantic…“These two are crazy!”

Seasonal Resort Reality
– Necochea flourishes only in January–February; the rest of the year it punishes businesses that overextend.

Financial Hardship & Immigration
– Behind the home’s construction lies a shark-loan tale: 30% interest, never paying down principal, forcing a family move to the US.

Huge “Piss-Pot” Coffees
– First morning: “大 bowl” coffees at 55-year-old La Sirena bakery, where as kids we begged for free pastries.

Perfect Beach Weather
– “Not a cloud in the sky!” After endless rain in Buenos Aires, we plan a beach day.

Memory Lane House Tour
– We explore the 1960s two-story build on sand dunes, where Mom turned the upstairs into a confitería/dancing hall—our first local disco.

Disco Boom & Bust
– Third disco in town (“Confitería V”), open only two summer months before a flashier rival shut them down by mid-February 1970.

Immigration Leap
– With $100 in our pockets and no green card, Mom & sister flew to NYC; we followed months later. “Either we succeed in the US or perish.”

Rugby Roots
– At the park, we spot Nicochea Rugby Club’s new pitch—founded by Dad’s brother over 60 years ago.

Vast Necochea Beach
– We stroll the massive shoreline—our childhood playground from 9 am to 9 pm.

Sealion Colony & Cargo Ships
– Hundreds of sea lions lounge near the port, where grain-export ships arrive 24/7.

Close Encounter
– Dad nearly gets charged by territorial sea lions—“Don’t sneak up on them!”

Fishing & Life Lessons
– Body-surfing after storms taught us about timing, risk and resilience—waves as a metaphor for life’s ups & downs.

Bracing the Cold
– We plunge into icy waters—“like running into a bucket of ice”—and remember childhood cures for whooping cough.

Cargo & Sand Dunes
– Morning walk: a giant grain ship docks; towering sand dunes stretch as far as the eye can see.

Local Chiringuito Appetizer
– Cornalitos (tiny fried fish) with lemon & salt—crispy, bite-sized seaside starter.

Hearty Seafood Lunch
– Pescado a la pizza (fish topped pizza-style), mixed seafood rice, calamari and filet & fries—generous portions for 13 bucks!

School Grounds Nostalgia
– We revisit Dad’s old primary/high school: strict dress code, one-on-one fist-fight rule, even weekly vitamin jabs by a bicycle-riding nurse.

Bar Rex Sandwich Break
– Ham & cheese sandwiches with macaroni salad—our “light” lunch at a 1938 neighbourhood bar.

Iconic Alfajores at Lría
– At 1955’s famed Lría café, we sample classic dulce de leche alfajores—tiny, ultra-sweet cookie sandwiches.

Sunset Reflections
– Final Necochea beach sunset: we ponder leaving paradise for New York, the “cage vs. sky” of immigration.

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