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I cannot recommend Dr. Gonzalo Bick highly enough... Although I am not completely sure if he speaks English (I always spoke with him in Spanish), he is professional, responsible, and an excellent doctor, absolutely worth your consideration. I suffered from SEVERE antenatal depression during my...

Good question. The vast majority of EFL classes that I teach are individual, so I am honestly not too sure.

There is usually quite a discrepancy regarding what English teachers charge. But as a reference, to make things a bit less confusing, check out this link from the Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Buenos Aires regarding suggested going rates for the first half of 2017...

That may be true, but the vast majority of these English teaching "jobs" pay a pitiful wage, hence the reason so few actually tell you the salary or hourly rate in the ad itself. I also notice a lot of repeat ads. I would NOT look for a respectable gig on Craigslist teaching English, just my...

Very sad, indeed :( 2016, you're the worst! (My favorite George Michael song - Father Figure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9hfHvQSNo)

I am a permanent resident of Argentina and still needed a tourist visa in February of this year, as I only have a US passport. It was pretty much just a formality. I handed in my completed forms, fees, photos, etc., and came back the next day for my 10 year tourist visa. Easy as pie.

I am admittedly a bit of a homebody, so my occasional "splurge" is to order sushi delivery to my apartment from Che Sushi :)

I just came across this interesting article from the New York Times. I figured it was worth sharing, as many of us who are married to Argentines can relate! Here it is!: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/foreign-spouse-happy-life.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0 "Studies...

This post honestly irks me... Teaching English (and teaching in general) is not something "so simple that even a monkey could do it." This is what gives *real* English teachers a bad rep and takes away credibility from our profession. Just because you speak English as a native speaker and can...

Dr. Diego Eyharchet is a traumatologist who practices at the Centro Medico de Belgrano (on Ave. Del Libertador in Nunez). He speaks English fluently. Buena onda y todo... I highly recommend him. The Centro's phone number is 5550-2300. Suerte!

Every time I see this event and its aftermath posted online for news the whole world over, it positively churns my stomach on so many levels. Moreover, it's incredibly disheartening and disgusting to see RepubliCONs like Trump and Dan Patrick ("You reap what you sow") playing the...

Very sad indeed. I recently finished reading his autobiography, "The Soul of a Butterfly," and found it very well written and insightful. I've always admired him for what I knew about him from boxing, but the book shows a side of Ali that was not as well known to the public. I learned to...

Very cool! :)

I have always been obsessed with the color purple. It's not exactly a coincidence, but it is not a fluke either :)

Very, very saddened by this. He was by far one of my favorite entertainers ever. For me, he made it not only acceptable, but a cool and wonderful thing to be an eccentric. Que en paz descanse. So This is What it Sounds Like When Doves Cry :(

Hi, Suli, You can go to any pharmacy (especially Farmacity) and ask for pastillas anticonceptivas without a prescription (though if you have obra social, financially it makes more sense for you to get a script, as there is a 40% discount). I used Yaz brand BCP, it was fine. However, even...

Hi, Argentino Trucho, I am an English teacher in a private school (after having worked as a freelance tutor for a couple of years before), but had had formal training/student teaching/Master's degree in education, the whole nine yards, so this was my vocation to begin with. However, regardless...

Hey, Argentino Trucho, While I can't give much advice regarding looking for a job in your field, I can absolutely understand your situation. In my case, I am an expat from Ohio who has lived here more than 7 years. Though I originally came here looking for a job, I ultimately stayed for my...

Valid point... Conditioned response, I suppose, being from the Midwest and the people I grew up with.

There are really no words to sum up this unjustifiable atrocity. As some of you already know, I work in an international school here, and I genuinely worry about possible misdirected backlash at my Muslim students both in Buenos Aires, as well as those I have known from other places in the...