Recent content by tangueraintrepida

I wish I could take them for you while you are gone, but our apartment is quite small for three dogs. I have a Sheltie back in the U.S. that I miss terribly and can't wait to be reunited with in June. I am sure you will find someone to take care of them. Good luck.

We rent through ByT (bytargentina.com). Their contracts are for six months at a time, but you can sign consecutive contracts if the owner is ok with renting long-term. We just signed our 2nd contract. The website will make you think you have to pay the full six months upfront in dollars, but...

Gordita, Definitely try Mil Mantecas peanut butter http://mantecademani.com/. You can email Chris from the website ([email protected]) and he can arrange for you to pick up from his apartment (near Tucuman & Aguero) or I think he will deliver as well for a fee. Super nice guy, and it is...

Request that your employer pay your entire salary to your U.S. account in dollars. Open a Xoom account so that you can access your money at a better rate than you are probably currently getting. This third-party situation sounds fishy to me. The third-party is probably wanting the entire amount...

I brought my Vibrams with me and have not worn them once. But I never wore them in public at home either, just for walking on my treadmill. Thought I would use them if we went hiking here, but I didn't even wear them when we went to Iguazu. Don't bother packing them.

Yes, they do. It is $50 U.S. for their notary services which seems ridiculous, but so is having to translate a document into Spanish before getting it notarized by an Argentine notary. It's not the cost so much as the hassle I am annoyed with. I don't mind paying someone for their services. I am...

Is anyone on the forum a U.S. notary or know of anyone in BsAs that is? I have to renew my driver's license by mail and need to have one page notarized declaring that I don't have a license in another state, and I don't have any restrictions on my license. To get the documents notarized by an...

Don't know that area, but I use the app Spanish Dict! on my iPhone. It's accessible offline so it helps when at the grocery store or out and about trying to figure out what something is called. It's not perfect, but you won't likely find a translator that's going to help you with 'vos' tense or...

I went to Ibero for nine weeks two years ago and loved it. In fact, I hired my teacher from Ibero as my private tutor when I returned last year. Now we meet every week for conversation in English and Spanish so she can improve her English. The rates are better than most other schools and it's...

My advice is to never loan money to friends or family unless you can truly reconcile in your mind that if they don't pay it back, you will make it a gift to them and not destroy your relationship. You may also need to resolve that it may destroy the friendship anyway. I loaned $500 to a friend...

I can't disagree more. We have been here since August and just made our 6th transaction through Xoom today. We were in and out in 10 minutes with no hassles. Yes, sometimes we sit in the lobby for an hour waiting our turn, but we have never been unreasonably hassled by the agents at More Money...

We went to Iguazu at Christmas by bus on expired visas and had no issues buying tickets or getting on the bus. I don't think we even had to show our passports to get on the bus. Won't be an issue.

First off, you will pack your purse completely differently here than from whereever you are from. No need to carry credit cards, ATM cards, driver's license, etc.. Make a copy of your passport and carry that instead. I don't even use a wallet here, just a little coin purse big enough to hold...

More Money on Libertad is the only location in Capital Federal (I think that's the Retiro location.) They are definitely open until 6 p.m. weekdays, closed on the weekends and holidays. We have found no rhyme or reason to when it is busy and when you can get in and out. We've gone at different...

U.S. passports don't have an address on them. Use your apartment or hotel address in BA. If you have a copy of your lease agreement, bring that too, just in case, but they will likely not ask for it.