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noesdeayer, European host countries' people speak their own official languages just as L.A countries do. The French speak French to me unless I'm in the tourists' area that's a 20 minute walk away. I respect how workers there have to switch languages every minute. That's hard to do on call for...

Redbeanz, You gave that lady no reason to think that you'd speak French. You'd decided to not utter a word in any language during the whole ride. It's unreasonable to take a holiday in a foreign country and expect to pass as a native of it. The French have been receiving foreign tourists since...

Oh, it matters alright to every European. It goes to the core of why the EU was formed! It reveals also a spitting disregard for the rule of law AND sovereignty. It's financial water-boarding of the poorest and their government first. Then of whichever is second or third or dares to resist the...

As a Londoner, I visited Jerusalem for a month in 1980 and stayed in an hotel in its Old City (an ex-convent with Gothic windows) offered by an ordinary British travel agent. While there, I took advantage of an evening offered to tourists who signed up to spend an evening one-to-one with a local...

I appreciate your seeing the flaw in anybody holding up a food item in London being cheaper as an example of how portenos are being cheated. There's no such thing any longer as a cheap suburb in London for middle-class or working class people to move to! 100% and 400% rent increases are...

No point left in thinking dainties such as 'percentages of income' once renters in your city have to spend on average 40% of their income on rent already; there’s nowhere within 100 miles of their jobs that’s cheaper than where they live; and then their landlord raises their rent 100% or 400%...

London is so expensive that we had to move from it to the French Riviera to be able to afford the rent for a 2 BR unfurnished apartment! London rents cost 3.85 times more than ours which is in an area on par with Belgravia (very good part of London) and Recoleta. Then there's the cost of...

grggry, I saw on the Student Loan company's repayment pages that a student creditor would owe 147.60 GBP per month if he were in Argentina, and his monthly income was less than about 10,000 pesos per year; and if he had a 'Plan A' category of student loan. I don't know what 'Plan A' is or...

EricBluegrassFiddle, I think that a BA cabby telling you that it's a pleasure to hear you speak Castellano; that he's not joking when he says that your accent is excellent and rare in a foreigner; that you must take his saying this seriously rather than reject his compliment as I had done; that...

I apologize for the unreadable print. I thought I'd fixed that. I'll try to post again properly. This hasn't happened to me for the past year. I'd appreciate a tip on how to. Thanks! Does this happen because I pasted my post from 'Word'??

EricBluegrassFiddle, I think that a BA cabby telling you that it's a pleasure to hear you speak Castellano; that he's not joking when he says that your accent is excellent and rare in a foreigner; that you must take his saying this seriously rather than reject his compliment as I had just done...

"Speaking Spanish Like Crazy" was as of 2011 at least the only set of progressive conversational audio courses made and sold anywhere that teaches South American Spanish. On it are 4 people (plus the instructor) each from a different SA country speaking each sentence in turn. If all you know is...

Serafina, French and British banks are no less tough than Italy's are. You're either habitually resident in 'x' country or you're not. One is supposed to have a bank account where he's truly, actually living most of the time. When you don't have an US account which would entitle you to transfer...

The reason why in France waiters aren't tipped but cabbies are (10%) is that waiters are well-paid here. Their salaries allow them to support their families on so they don't need or expect a tip. Being a waiter is a lifelong profession, not a stopgap job while somebody looks for a 'better' job...

Steve, why would a foreigner living in Arg not be able to use Xoom to transfer funds to himself in Arg (using 'More's peso pickup) directly from his OWN US-located bank account? I thought that the whole idea was to shift funds online from his own US-located bank account to Xoom. What if f one...

You are misleading people about an important financial matter because you resent how the Arg postal system works - so much that you'll insult the very country you chose to live or stay in by calling it a word used by only some young teenagers when they pout about what's required of them. My...

The OP's problem has nothing to do with Argentina nor with any foreign credit card issuer disdaining Argentina. All Canadian credit card issuers are adamant about never sending RENEWALS of expired cards abroad to ANY country. Even getting a Canadian bank to send me a new debit card in France...

My husband and I began tango by studying it privately in BA for 6 weeks a time each year for 6 years beginning in 2007 with Luciana Valle at her studio. She provided us each year enough material for us each time to practise back in Canada until the following year when we'd return to her. In the...

May I beg your kindness, My Noble, let me off. There are too many people here looking for a job complete with a BOSS. Cripes, we're even expected to be our own bosses these days.

Actually, Ceviche, I was telling you to hold your horses. :) Talking about something one doesn't know about isn't 'brainstorming'. We have a duty to each of ourselves to not put people on the wrong track. "People" includes future readers in the OP's exact position. Not misleading anybody is...