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hi there. i am currently giving spanish and english lessons. i am anglo argentine and fully bilingual to mother tongue standard. feel free to email me and we can discuss if you haven't already found someone! [email protected] best wishes!

mystery solved. i was talking to an argie friend of mine and he said that the reason why they probably asked me to pay for the laptop is because they were under the understanding that i was argie, in which case, hisrequest would be legitimate (although the haggling etc discredited this in my...

wonderful post. the ´sucker family ideal´ is my main reason for leaving london, i have always felt i was against the grain, not by choice but by default. there is a magic to the argentines who have nothing on a superficial/ material level perhaps, but in fact are holding all the cards.

freddo is not of the quality it used to be and is mega expensive in relative terms. it used to be a family run ´artesanal´ ice cream parlour, now i´m not so sure of the home made element of the ice cream since it was sold to some hot shot ´empresario´several years ago, many of my argentine...

nikad thanks for the tips, many of which i knew but failed to mention - the meals i was eating at the wifi cafe were the menu ejecutivo deal. i agree, always worth a gander. yes, i only shop at coto in terms of the big supermarkets, nevertheless selectively, as i agree, many things are...

my reasons are because i feel i belong here, having always felt l´etranger in london. the rise in cost of living is a kick in the teeth but doesn´t deter me, frankly, i couldn´t have got much more depressed or poor in london, so the good weather coupled with the warmth and hospitality of the...

believe me, you SO don´t need to remind me about that little issue of the pound dropping in value.....it´s been hurting for a while now, not least in the last couple of weeks before coming when there was a massive slump. alas, the good ol´days of 1:6 are but a dim and distant memory for now...

in response to a lot of talk in many threads about the rise in prices in argentina, i wanted to give my 2 pence worth on my initial reaction to life in BA after a week, for what it´s worth.... firstly, yes, i HAVE noticed a steep increase in prices from when i was here visiting in 2005 and...

but it shouldn't have to be that way! i know because i speak spanish i was able to stand my ground and it helped that i knew straight away he was trying to pull a fast one but the less informed or naive traveller may come a cropper. there should be clear guidelines and universal policies on...

so here´s the thing. i got passed passport control and then i was asked to put my hand luggage through the x-ray machine (i didn´t think one had to do that at the other end but in argie anything´s possible). when they saw i had a macbook the guy asked me if he could look at it. he pulled it...

Could anyone tell me if this 'tax' has been implemented yet, it would be nice to know what to expect on arrival in Ezeiza next Wednesday morning. Many thanks desde ya. Van

Allgood, sent you a note.

deja vu?! i thought the government ransacked the state pension reserves in 2002 as a last ditch attempt to avoid the inevitable crash that followed....

napoleon, thanks for that bit of news. i too was deliberating about buying either an holga or diana before coming over, but might do like you, and get one of the many friends coming to visit me over the course of the next year to bring it with them. makes more sense. 400 pesos at MALBA. i...

so i have two weeks left until i go and have just discovered that my travel insurance that comes with my enhanced premium back account for which i pay an amount/month to have favourable benfits, DOES NOT cover laptops and other effects, only luggage lost in transit, that kinda thing, and no...

when i lived in argie in 2002, 6 months after the crash, i worked in villa gesell on the coast in a nightclub as a cashier. needless to say, the cash register had to tally up right at the end of the evening, otherwise $ sort was deducted from my pay, as would fake bills if any were to get past...

why would you move to BA to learn cantonese? i know the chinese have the monopoly over the grocery stores but last time i checked they still spoke castillian over there...;) you'll have a great time and sure to do well if you're earning in dollars. you can do searches on key words for posts...

i've been getting my eybrows threaded in a small indian beauty parlour in the heart of whitechapel in london for about 2 years now, i swear by it! i am conscious that here, given the area's large bangladeshi and pakistani community, salons are two a penny but in BA i might find it harder to...

wow thuy.ashtango, that's the best news i've heard all day. moving to BA in 3 weeks and have been spoilt for the last 3 years living in east london - hackney and shoreditch which has a burgeoning viet community and plenty of wonderful restos. at one point i was eating pho 3 x a week! probably...

Tangobob, not that I take the content of the evening standard very seriously, but this featured yesterday..... Bankers ‘should repay bonuses’ | News