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I don't see that as being too much of a stretch. Completely possible that somebody is just milling around waiting for a text from their buddy in Customs.

Biggest rat I've ever seen in my life was in NYC, it was the size of your average rabbit. HUGE. I've seen rats in Detroit as well, both in the city and the surrounding burbs, though smaller. Their population there seems to peak and valley based on weather and/or municipal issues related to...

Another BA rat story, from January 2015 2016. I had brought my wife and 2 year old down with me and we went to the Palermo Zoo. We came in at the north end, and just inside the entrance there is a small court-yard/park type area with benches around it. It had been raining and the court-yard...

I have an appointment at Migraciones next week to apply for Temporary Residence for Labor Purposes (valid for two years). Am I allowed to bring someone with me to help with translation? I'd like to bring my company's lawyer, or I thought I'd read about people whom I can hire to bring with me...

I've been starting conversations with "Lo siento, mi español no es muy bueno." I hope that's not poor form. I must say that in all instances so far people have been universally friendly, even if they don't understand enough to be able to help me. Most times I just power through with my bad...

I usually do search the archives first, find my answers, and don't even need to post. This time I forgot to do so, my apologies. Thanks for the reminder.

Almond milk is among the products I'm trying to secure or verify the existence of before my better half comes down here to stay with me. The milk scene itself is quite different, but I haven't seen anything that looks like almond milk yet. Any leads?

Yeah, I've seen some products that were absolutely filthy. A film of greasy grime that has dust stuck to it. :P

I was in the Disco supermarket in Palermo Soho the other day and a large rat scurried from the gap under one fruit display to the gap under another fruit display. Needless to say, I was alarmed. I've never lived in a city this big and dense - is that typical? I wouldn't think so, but what do I...

It was in fact a Chino store. She gave me the slip when I bought the beer, so do I take the slip back with the empty? That's a heck of a deposit, wow.

So, I bought a big bottle of beer at the little store next to my building and the lady gave me a hand-written slip for the deposit - presumably so I can prove I bought it from her when I take it back for the deposit? It says "1 x 15 = 15". Is that 15 cents? I didn't know there was bottle...

After lurking here for several months and seeing the regular notices for these, I'm looking forward to making it to the March 7 CC. In the past, my week-long business related trips never lined up with the timing for me to make it to one of these, but by early march I'll be down there full time...

Hmm, good to know, thanks. I was hoping there would be a few options. I'm familiar with the location of that market, I've walked past it quite a bit.

Helpful topic, thanks. My wife and toddler need laundry detergent free of perfumes or else they get hives, so I've spent my last few trips for work to BA looking for them before we move and haven't had much luck. In fact, I seem to find detergents that have extra perfume. :wacko:

Hi again everyone. I'm interested in knowing how folks who have a toddler get around town, with not having a car. And how do you deal with taxis? When the wife and I brought the kid with us last year, (he was 2 years old at the time) we tried to use vehicle transport as little as possible and...

I've been working with our Argentina office for a few years now, and they came to me because of that background. There are also some strategic designs behind the assignment; long story short, they need me there more than I want to go there, so I should be able to have them meet my requirements...

That is once approach we are looking into and will probably happen in some form - just trying to define what that balance will be.

Ries, sounds like you have an account with Banco Nacion... Have you tried to wire money back to the US since Macri supposedly loosened capital controls? Do you know what the current limits, fees and documentation requirements are?

No other insight as to what it takes to transfer money from an Argentine bank account to a US bank account? Sorry, I know the topic has been done to death, I'm just trying to see if the ability to wire money has improved under Macri...

Interesting, thanks. I hadn't considered a situation like that. Are there still significant obstacles in transferring from an Argentine account to an account in the U.S.?