Recent content by betts

From a fellow BAExpater the bus to take is: 129 Plaza 'a la plata por autopista y camino centenario'. Make sure it says Express. Organize with the owner Adrian before hand, call him when you arrive and he will pick you up at the bus stop. It will take 50-60 min by bus only 25-30 min by car or...

I find Almagro quite charming and rents affordable, more of a local flavor....

Every now and then the topic of finding syrup for pancakes comes up and I wanted to let you know that I found some today. Syrup sighting at Disco in Almagro on Gascón between Sarmiento and Av. Corrientes. On the shelf above the ice cream section. Two bottles left of "Roddenbery's Northwoods...

Does anyone have a good place for basic alterations? Stuff like getting pants hemmed, sleeves and skirts shortened, etc. I saw a thread where someone was looking for a seamstress but it was wedding dress related. If it was in the microcenter area even better - but I can get out to Palermo...

Have lunch at the Villa Julia, very pretty mansion by the river. See: www.villajuliaresort.com.ar

Evergreengal - is your cat too large to go in the cabin with you? You'll have more peace of mind if you can travel together. But there is a weight limit for the cat including the carrier of 8kilo (on Lufthansa), and the carrier has to fit under the seat in front of you.

I think the reason no one is coming forward and speaking to your price is that your definition of a "nice" apartment in a "nice part of Palermo" might be very different than someone else's definition of "nice" and budget needs/constraints. Here is what I saw based on my brief experience, the...

In response to BlahBlah's cash up front suggestion, here was my experience with that. The young couple was willing to prepay 6 months rent in advance, in lieu of the guarantia. This was for a 2 year lease unfurnished. There wasn't an owner that would touch it, they wanted that guarantia. One...

I just recently was helping a couple that was looking for a longer-term rental. My function was strictly as a translator, but I learned a lot about the apartment rental market in Buenos Aires. Here is my perspective: For a furnished apartment, the longest term a standard contract (one that...

To answer your original question we used http://www.bairesapartments.com/ and had a good experience with them. The owner of our apartment lists his apartment with them and BYT (which was on your list) both have a good reputation. Although we ended up not doing this - we had the option to pay...

What a great idea! Too bad I am only here until end of Aug! However, I am happy to suggest a few books for the list. 1) The first is just a little book (only about 130 pages) - on the thin side as Mini suggests - by Gabriel Garcia Marquez called: Crónica de una muerte anunciada It is a...

Hi all - thanks for the replies. I too found that 3-yr rabies thread confusing and it wasn't really my question as that was related to a dog, the USA and the actually rabies shot. My cat doesn't have the 3 yr issue as her vaccination was within this year and going into the EU may have...

Does anyone have experience on what you need to do to take back your pet to Germany? Our cat came with us from Germany 3 months ago and now we will be returning. She has an EU Pet Passport and the proper rabies vaccine shot given in March 2009. When we left Germany the officials there assured...

Great idea, I think it would be a great business venture. Use different colored cords and sell them on calle Florida.

Dear Mr. Almeida this interesting thread has made me want to visit your cookie store - so don't worry, like they say there is no such thing as bad publicity. Here is my two cents on the whole cookie/brownie debate. I believe the American taste in cookies tend to the soft warm out of the oven...