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Chad & Janet here....we arrived Friday morning and then got to do the dinner! WOW...so many people and ithose we were able to meet it was a blast...but to meet all of you WAYYYYY down at the other end of the table, well sorry we did not have a chance to meet. Once I figure out about the pic from...

WE MADE IT! It's been just what we expected so far... have eaten, had a few drinks, now headed for a nap listening to the hussle and bussel... it will put me to sleep quickly... then out on the town tonight... Citi Bank was great about exchange of US currency too....will keep things updated as...

***UPDATE*** First thank you ALL for your thoughts, suggestions and hearing ALL the comments has been a lesson for sure. We are arriving in BA spending the first couple days venturing, eating, wine tasting, and supplying our frig with "things". Then headed to meet a wonderful expat in Palermo...

Risu Would love to chat more about your retirement, area your in etc. Thanks for the post... knowing we might be somewhat like you all, all though we have to return for reasons and can't stay, but would love to hear details please

Thanks a BUNCH- and Yes when I usually intro myself, it's Janet as in Damn it janet... most people don't get it! That was great about Rocky Horror no one EVER has gotten that about our names together...LMAO! As for your info, thanks, this is why we are headed down, get a small taste before we do...

Wow great information everyone, thanks... BA was not a choice for retirement, just a starting point for the visit since we had Tigre, Palermo, and a few others in mind and decided that a good starting point is right in the middle of it all... we like what SaraSara had to say and we too have done...

great point citygirl ... we had looked at Tigre and still are, but found that our first trip should be in the heart of the hustle and bustle...maybe we are wrong who knows, just excited to see as much as we can... please please keep the suggestions, advise and information headed this way...

perfect info thanks!

Great replies thanks so much for them... Spanish not as good as I would hope, but it's ok... we have read over the last year that's so important. Our goal was to retire somewhere we both liked and to not be in the US... don't really have a specific reason, it's just where we ended up. It being a...

Maybe my intro was not clear, sorry if that's the case. We are excited about living there in Argentina, we are coming to visit and are looking to also do a little site seeing as well as realestate seeing. We know the rules on ownership, have researched several blogs, government websites etc...

We did read the thread ...expats not happy why stay... that was good info thanks for that....

I guess I don't understand the reply steveinbsas .... do you have any suggestions? Janet

We have not been there yet, this is the first time. We have a couple friends that have retired there but are in Mendoza and Palermo area who don't have much knowledge of this side (BA) and another friend who lived there but was closer to Chile. The friends all speak highly of Argentina, so we...

First I wanted to say thank you to all of you for your posts, good,bad and all in between. They have been a big help for us. Our names are Janet & Chad. We live in the US, Texas to be exact. About to make our retirement in Argentina and are in our mid/late 40's (for some reason everyone ask's...

Thanks so very much for the advise and info on the train...its PERFECT! we are wanting to look at Argentina as though we were living there, so toursist attraction are not what we want, local resturants,bars and the trains so we can chat with the locals too... so thank you very much and PLEASE...