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For once we were the lucky ones. Villa la Angostura is not on the national grid. All the same, we have emergency lights in the house that are connected to a car battery. Once we had a two days power it because the truck with the fuel for the generator was stuck in a roadblock.

I didn’t. I came to Argentina thinking that I was going to really immerse myself and that there was no bigger failure than making obvious mistakes. But, I came with a three week old baby, got an English speaking job very quickly and decided to speak Swedish to my children.... There was no time...

At the end my husband went with her to the bank. She is elderly and they feel that they shut her down because of that. When he got there with her the manager got all defensive and said that he was already joining the money for her. There are always alternatives, we sure have one here, but she...

The discussion started because a mutual friend was told by our local bank that they would not be able to withdraw the money from the bank incase the next seller wanted cash... and she was wondering what to do to be safe. The bank says that they can’t move that much dollars to our tiny town...

I’m having a conversation with my Argentine mother in law and I can’t believe what she is telling me. According to her you CAN’T travel with money in cash from the sale of an apartment within Argentina. Even if you have the paperwork. Is there a law like that? Anyone who knows?

As mmoon says, it’s best to have a car in Bariloche, or Villa la Angostura. When are you planning to travel? The month of May is not the best month to go to Villa. It rains... Bariloche is a bit better, it’s further away from the mountains. Any other time I’ll always recommend this part of...

I’m looking for a recommendation in San Martin de Los Andes. My niece wants to take the Cambridge exams, probably First and then Advanced. I’m looking for a good institute to prepare her. So, if you know of a good place in San Martin de Los Andes it would be appreciated. Thanks.

Thank you, I’ll do just that.

I’m going to Buenos Aires with my kids over Easter to see Aladdin the musical. I was hoping to go to the museum Prohibido no Tocar as well but I’m having trouble finding out if it is still open. Does anyone know if it is still in Recoleta? Or has it moved? Changed name? Or is there another...

Your don’t pay taxes on books. They come marked as documents. It’s legal. I order my books from www.thebookdepository.com. They ship for free. They don’t give you a tracking number but all those packages have arrived. I have a 50% success rate on items shipped from Wish and about 90% clothes...

When you travel over land you can join the amounts of the family (that live together). Can you do that when you travel by air as well?

Easiest; fly with any airline but Aerolíneas. They have a tendency to cancel the early flights in the day if they are not full enough and tell the passengers to wait for the next... Then rent a car here if you want a car.

Yes, keep it in mind but don’t panic. The unfortunate family that is affected had a family gathering where they got sick. There are occasional deaths almost every year, but as far as I have seen not from camping or staying in a hostería. Cases come from people cleaning out an enclosed area and...

It’s not for everyone... it can get very slow here.

In my case, I’m from Sweden and my husband Argentine. We met in Europe in 99 so we have been together for a long time. I left Sweden then, but we didn’t settle in Argentina until 12 years ago. Why? Because my husband thought that family was important to him.It turns out that they are not that...

He was shot in the thigh and the artery was damaged, as posited in another post. The dad says that he slapped away the gun “on instinct”. All according to an interview in Aftonbladet. Swedish people are not used to being in danger and might not react as well as they should in a stressful...

In the end they didn’t even want to hear about my two children born I Argentinia nor my husband since I had two years of recidence.. My question would probably be why in such a hurry to get citizenship? I know that I did it because I want a passport that doesn’t cost a fortune to renew every...

I did it in Zapala (that’s my area). There they were helpful but I still had to complete many extra steps. I had to get the police report from my country twice since the first time it expired before I got it in to the right people. The second thing was that I had to translate the English...

Hmm... how can I be politically correct about this? It is very easy to romanticize a past that isn’t evident anymore. A society that didn’t have writing only has oral traditions to base its history on. And by definition that history has either been subtly changed in every retelling or coloured...

There is a regular shuttle bus (aeroangostura) to the bus station and many local car rental companies deliver the car at the airport. The airport is about an hour away.