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I hope it is OK that I am opening a new thread, because my question is a little different: the other thread was about whether expats should feel free to openly criticize the politics of their new country, while my question is the following: Do you feel comfortable expressing opinions under your...

Esteban, same from me: so sorry to hear this, it must have been awful! Let us know if there is anything we can do. Hugs.

Well, there you said it. First you say we are all different, then you say that you are better than "them." "By what we have here." That is so condescending and racist. (And don't come with the "that is not racism"-thing, because you are basically saying that people in Argentina are superior...

Wow, this is pretty out there even for you... I was born and raised in Norway but find that I have plenty of things in common with people from all sorts of places. I am sad you don't see it that way. And frankly, the Euro-centrism and superiority complex (and condescension towards certain...

I don't think they scream "judios de mierda" and physically attack just any tourist that they find "lousy"...

You're of course right about that, but 25,000 pesos should be more than comfortable, when he has already said he plans to rent just one room, for 3-400 dollars. I am not assuming he wants a CS lifestyle, but I am assuming that he can live comfortably on 25K when I know plenty of young people who...

Me too! Especially for a young person.

Just want to chime in on the budget thing: you will be fine!! Yes, you will be in a temporary rental, not a long term, but you can definitely find temporary rooms for USD 300 or 400. I have European friends who share apartments who pay as little as 2000 pesos each a month (temporary furnished...

Totally agree with this, and the following post of yours, El Queso!!

Brixtongirl, check out this thread, over in the Womens Forum, on good places for hair. It gets updated regularly when people find a new place they like.

The coffee chat is every Wednesday afternoon, from 16:00 to 19:00. I don't think they are on the calendar but they happen every Wednesday, and the info on the location is posted in this sub-forum, Expat Events, a few days before they take place.

Yep! 011 54 911 and then the number (no 15, the 9 is what indicated a cell when calling from abroad. No idea why...)

I just got my deposit back one hour ago! Am happy! :) It was a short-term rental. It is my impression that you have a somewhat bigger change of not getting the deposit back with the two-year contracts than with the temporary rentals. Personally I do not know any foreigners with temporary rentals...

There is coffee chat this coming Wednesday, with a "suplente"! Info should be up today I hear. Then GMX is back the week after. There hasn't been coffee chat the last two weeks because one was Christmas Eve and one NY Eve.

Serafina, you could combine the dia de campo with polo. For example, at Puesto Viejo Estancia & Polo Club in Cañuelas, there they play polo in January as well (quite a few places don't play in January). Get in touch with them to ask when the first tournament starts (it is sometime in January)...

Thanks for that, will look into it!!

That is a good point, because she just said that it was the same plan that I had at the other place... It was working fine on my phone when I came to see the place so I didn't think to investigate further but I should have!

This is not a particularly interesting item, but I thought it was funny: I did a search for IKEA on Mercado Libre, and several items came up. One was the Poäng chair, which is a very basic arm chair that I think every other Scandinavian home had back in the 80s and 90s; mine definitely did. It...

Today I moved apartments, just settling in as we speak, and here I also have Fibertel, however I just tried it and it is sloooow! Did the same test and download was 0.96 and upload 0.19... That is pretty bad! I will buy a cable tomorrow so I can plug directly into the modem but it is weird that...

Hi Sam, and welcome! I do not know about football but for ideas on good places for music, follow this thread by forum member Ries: I went to see a band... He seems to know a lot about cool places and local artists.