While we love so much about Buenos Aires, we’ll be the first to admit that we have been less than enthusiastic about the sushi here. For a major cosmopolitan city, we expected more options and choices even though we realize that beef is the primary food here. Luckily, our complaining about the sushi is now over. Last [...]
Entries from October 2008
The Quest for Sushi
October 28th, 2008 · 19 Comments
Tags: Living
Day Trippin’ to Colonia, Uruguay (AKA “The Expat Shuffle”)
October 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Like many expats, we’re here on tourist visas which are only valid for 90 days. Now, there’s a few ways to extend that time: Head to prorrogas de permanencia at the office of migraciones and pay for a 90 day extension. The cost is $100 pesos and you can only do this once per 90 [...]
Argentine Peso May Slide to 3.8 per Dollar
October 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Bloomberg is reporting that Argentina may ease its defense of the peso, and take a one time devaluation to $3.80 per dollar from $3.208 today. (It’s already slid 5 percent since August 1.) They had originally predicted that the government may simply let it fall through gradual depreciation, but the new measure may come up as a [...]
Tags: News
Remember to Change Your Clocks – Part II
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
They certainly do things their own way in Argentina. We just wrote about the upcoming time change. (Argentina began observing Daylight Savings Time last year for the first time since 2000 and did it on only 4 days notice.) And now the government, after just declaring the entire country would be on the same time [...]
