Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- For Laura Dominguez, nothing tastes more like home than mate tea and dulce de leche, both typically Argentine flavors that she missed during the eight years she lived in Spain. In June, Dominguez, 36, moved back to Argentina because the economic situation in Spain was so dire that she didn't see strong prospects there for herself or her three young daughters. Dominguez worked as a waitress in the beach resort town of Blanes in the CataluÃ±a region. She says tourism there has dropped considerably in recent years, compared to when she first arrived in 2003 and could count on five steady months of restaurant work.
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Argentinean workers in Spain are returning home for economic security
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Spain hit by euro crisis has 21.5 percent unemployment; and it's more than double that for young people
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Laura Dominguez said it was reminiscent of Argentina's 2001 financial meltdown
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She returned to Argentina -- and some Spanish workers are following her
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