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Where did you stay and how long were you there? Was it easy to move around without a car? Looks like flight prices are coming down, so I’m tempted again by Florianopolis.

Funny, because our original plan was to go to Florianópolis. Flights were crazy expensive. Unfortunately, we can only go away that week in January. Still organizing options for Carmelo, although now it looks like it will be insanely hot. So it goes!

I’m looking seriously into Carmelo. Can we pull it off without a car? Thinking maybe we take the ferry from Tigre. How many days would be ideal, and make it worth the trip! Sounds like there’s much to do, like enjoy the river, the hiking and the wineries, but I’m unclear if it’s pretty car...

We are in Carilo now and have been here all week. The center was the most crowded I have ever seen it last night, but no one was buying anything. We went to Aqua & Farina for pizza, which used to be delicious, but now is just okay. Perico in Valeria is much better. We like Paxapoga but are...

I appreciate the info and recs. We have been to Tandil (nice, but we’ve seen it), Carlos Paz and all of the locales in Patagonia. We seriously considered Brazil, but the price of flights and the fact that it’s packed right now just doesn’t make it worth it for 5-7 days. I’d be tempted by La...

Thanks Neil. I’m wondering a couple of things…doesn’t La Paloma get a lot of spillover this time of year from Punta del Este? We’re definitely wanting something chill and not super expensive, so thought we likely needed to avoid the coast. Also, could you easily manage getting there and around...

We’ve got an unexpected week of vacation coming up in the middle of the month, and wanted to go somewhere new, but not crazy far from BA. Definitely wanting to avoid expensive and annoying flights. We’ve been at the coast by Pinamar, and the weather there is mostly terrible lately. We know...

Don't forget the corralito. That locked up so much local money and allowed expats to come in and swoop up properties. Argentina went from expensive to a relative bargain basically overnight. I remember seeing dozens of gorgeous apartments in Recoleta available for about USD $40K.

I am really sorry to hear this. It sounds so stressful, especially for those expats living on a fixed income who don't have the option to just move home to make more money.

Pick Up the Fork Buenos Aires always had the best, updated restaurant recs. I see it's a couple of years behind now, but there are still some great places listed in there. A lot has changed since the so-called golden era for being a BA expat, and much of the food is definitely repetitive (and...

We have friends who moved from California to Idaho a couple of years ago. Wow, that weather is not great. The "mud season" last year lasted into July, with no spring. Personally, I liked Boise much more than I thought I would, but I think I'd get restless living there very quickly. I don't think...

Those were pretty sweet days! It got annoying for a bit, but it was still fun being in the center of the chaotic expat planet. Most of the posts here then were about where to take visiting parents for steak and whether Ryan was still doing the best highlights in CABA...

Most of the comments I add here these days seem to be for a shoutout to Belgrano Day School, where our son attended back in the day. I’m glad there are still some families relocating to BA who don’t just want to mimic a US school experience. BDS is not on a northern hemisphere calendar, but...

She’s the local!

My intel is a bit old since my child went there ages ago, but he and we loved Belgrano Day School. It’s a Cambridge IB school, so follows that standard curriculum if you more elsewhere. He had a Spanish teacher half of the day and English the other half. Amazing playfields (out of the city) that...