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Left over wine becomes cooking wine. I have kept bottles in the fridge for up to two days and they tasted fine (talking about mid range wines).

If you can get real aloe from a plant, even better. They can be found around BsAs. Will try vinegar next time I get a bad burn, hadn´t heard of that. Umbrella test: hold your hand underneath. If you can see the shadow of your hand, light is passing through and you are not getting complete...

First, try not to get burnt. Use at least spf 50. A good rule of thumb: if your shadow is longer than you the sun will not burn you. In Buenos Aires between 9am and 6pm the sun will burn you (in other places you have a smaller window, but here it really is all day in the summer). It only takes...

Most expats adjust with time to the things they miss from home and you will find local alternatives that you might even like better. Just keep in mind that the first three months are hectic so anything you really need, bring. With time you can figure out how to get what you need, or as close as...

Thanks Richard, we are contacting the local German institutions but I wanted to give this list a try as well. There are tons of German schools, clubs, institututes (including the prestigious Max Planck science institute) in Argentina. An estimated 50,000 German passport holders live here, and 20...

From Australia--tea tree oil. you can find it here but not common and will be more expensive. Any cosmetic or cream that you really need. They have tons of them here and some are very good, but it may not be exactly the same. For example, I have very pale skin and it is harder to find cosmetics...

We are putting togther a show for German TV about German and Austrian Expats or immigrants who live in Buenos Aires. Right now we are just in the investigation stage so am just looking to see if anyone is interested. Anyone who has an intersting story--that they came for love, to open a...

Last night I left my 3 year old kindle on my bed and I placed my hand on it for a sec, and now the screen won´t work. I read that you can buy a replacement screen and fix it yourself. I´m guesing that there is no Kindle repair places out there, but if anyone knows of one or how to get a...

You can make requests at your local vegetable/fruit store, they will get it for you in their shipments from the mercado central. So if there is a specific vegetable, spice, etc you can do that (mine once had a crate of unbrined olives for a client, never thought of buying that). They can get you...

In 2002 I came here in the midst of the financial/political crisis. I was 20 years old, fresh out of college and the reason I was coming here was to study the financial crisis (so I knew what I was getting into). My Dad is a retired airplane pilot who flied for years to Argentina. He actually...

If you like yogurt the best investment is a yogurt maker. If I start a new batch I spend $10 on yogs (eat half myself) a liter of milk and two spoonfulls of powdered milk and get 7 190gm jars with my yogurt maker. So about $12 gets my 7 yogurts, and if bought 7 it would be around $70. you don´t...

@Nkotb it is much easier to open a bank account in other countries but I was trying to give him an idea of the equivilant of what he said, basically he said "I am not paying taxes and breaking the law". I don´t want to get into an argument about if it is right or wrong, but no bank here will...

You need to have a cuil or cuit (tax ID number). You can also find this out by googling any name, so no worries giving it out. These are not private numbers like a Social Security number in the states, they are published with letters to the editor, etc. By saying "I get paid in cash" you are...

If it is not printed on the menu, you don´t have to pay it. They cannot charge you anything if not on the menu or printed, same if there is a mistake. I only fought once when I went to a restaurant that advertised a set menu. My husband and I had exactly enough for two menus and a tip, but when...

four months is too short for this plan. Follow the advice of others and bring money down and live off of it for four months. If not, at least come in March. No one rich who would pay good money for English classes, tennis lessons will be in BsAs during January, and February is still summer when...

That is what I am looking for, to transfer from my US paypal to another foreign paypal and in the moment get paid out in pesos, as close to or at the blue rate.

Once you leave the apartment you are at the mercy of making the agency looking bad on social media. . . this may work, this may not. You could make complaints at various government agencies. Most argentines don´t pay the last months rent because they know that you never get the security deposit...

I would like to take a small amount of money (under 500USD) that is in paypal in Argentina, in pesos, as close to the blue rate as possible. (I know this paypal doesn´t let you do this, so I am looking for a work around). Are there any other ways other than zoom? Feel free to PM me. Thanks! PS...

Driving a crappy car will cut down on robbery, but it is not 100% full proof. We have a 1975 ford, horrible condition. we only use it to shoot in Villas. Tried to steal it twice.

You need an accountant first.