I had my first Spanish lesson on Tuesday, and thanks to reading another blog, I found a great teacher, Marco Luccón who runs Hablar en Buenos Aires. He’s 24 and really loves languages and teaching. He has split his apartment in Palermo into a living area and a classroom (complete with whiteboard) and has prepared [...]
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Learning Spanish
August 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Not Everything Goes According to Plan – Part II
August 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
As much as you may plan, not everything always goes according to that plan. Case in point: while all my luggage made it in one piece, not all the contents of the luggage made it in one piece. I just discovered this today when I moved into my new apartment and I hooked up my computer and [...]
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I Made It (Eventually)
July 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments
After nearly 24 hours of traveling, I made it to the temporary condo in Buenos Aires yesterday. I left for the 4:30pm flight out of JFK at around noon on Tuesday making sure to give myself enough time to check the extra luggage and make sure I got through security with a carry-on full of [...]
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Banking and Credit Card Fees
July 30th, 2008 · 15 Comments
I’m not planning on opening bank accounts in Argentina and I’m going to bring my U.S. issued credit cards with me, so there were a few things I really needed to consider:
Access to cash
ATM and credit card fees
Depositing checks in the U.S.
Access to Cash
While researching how to best get cash and pay bills when there, I found [...]
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