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When talking to tourists I usually have to specify that I live here, permanently and with no intention to move out. But, I also qualify that I'm from Sweden. I hardly ever get anyone guessing where I'm from. Maybe I just never give them time to. A friend of mine's surname is Polish, but since...

When I lived in Accassusso, 5 years ago, it was so stressful to do the shopping with a small child and then balancing him and the food back home on my bicycle that I started to look for an option. I began ordering on line from LeShop and it worked like clockwork. Better then having them deliver...

SherbertDip, we all have a barking dog as a neighbour. Not enough people train their boys well.

Argentinians make contact on AirBnB but one way or another work outside of the system. AirBnB is a safe-ish contact system that doesn't work if you don't have a credit card outside of Argentina. I am still waiting on my first payout from AirBnB as a renter and I don't know how it will work. If...

As johnw100 already noted you pay a higher price to enter national parks if you are a foreigner. It doesn't matter where you are from, if you don't have an argentine DNI you pay differently (higher) for domestic flights with Aerolineas Argentinas and admittance to national parks.

When I moved out of Sweden I had a very steep learning curve in order not to get hit by cars on the street. To me a car with its lights off was standing still... It doesn't help that they drove on the other side of the road as well. I can understand how it can seem silly to be forced to have...

I went to a blue water beach today, with lake water. But that is on a good day. One could have a month of bad days as well. Villa la Angostura has some beautiful beaches with wonderful lakes. Just throwing it out there.

I simply have to add my voice to the choir. Stop spending your money on the multivitamins and make sure to eat your fruit and veg instead. If you stop eating meat altogether, a B12 supplement may be advised, but otherwise a varied diet should cover your needs.

Any cream that carries as close to 40% or over of fat and is liquid in the jar should be good to beat with an electrical beater. Well, with a manual balloon beater as well, but you might want some help there. In school we used to have cake races. The different groups had to perform in...

Getting my "Argentinian" licence, really Neuquén, was one of the easy things I have done in this country. It probably helped that I had a short skirt on, long blond hair and a charming accent. I showed my European license and he printed out a NQN one for me, plastified it and I was on my way...

I just thought of another thing that you have to keep in mind. Teachers here are expected to do a lot of work at home. That is especially true your first couple of years as everything takes longer and you are trying to figure out how to test the kids without having to grade 60 tests every two weeks.

There is a huge difference between being hired as a local teacher or a brought in from abroad teacher. I worked at st Andrew's primary school and got an average salary. They get some dedicated teachers from abroad to brag with. What I accually got in pesos is not relevant anymore but it matched...

35 To be honest I stopped counting at 30. Now I have to start at 1979 and count forwards since I forget in between.

I would get my CV in now, but don't expect an answer until March. Then resend in March to remind them that you are available. 4 years ago I worked at a private school and I didn't have to get my overseas degree approved by a local instant. This was because only one of three teachers per grade...

I receive three subscriptions for the kids and me from Sweden to Villa la Angostura. They all arrive. Granted, they are in swedish so they have no value for a postal worker. The kid's magazines are sent in a white envelope, sometimes even with a small toy added. They have never gotten lost. My...

By the Way, I am getting married in January here in buenos aires, did anyone get married to a foreigner with a passport and needed a translator? the registry office info is sort of messy about the whole deal! I got married 10 years ago to an Argentinian while I was here in a tourist visa. I...

I always thought that a house was the way to go. We rented one in Accassuso and were very happy. Now, we made it look quite unappealing for thieves with a bamboo fence so rickety that you couldn't even climb it without falling over on you bum. And we didn't own a car. But for a few weeks...

I dreamt it then. I know that when I taught 4th grade maths in BA I had to try to not have any lessons on Mondays because so many would be holidays. It would be very rough trying to keep that class up to speed. It does feel like Argentina has lots of holidays for sure.

Being a "home maker" I didn't have the day off but spent the long weekend building a shed. The man of the house did have the day off since he works for IBM Argentina and they respect national holidays. At least they get serious overtime pay if they are required to work. I think they get a day...

I always use Mercadolibre.com.ar as a reference for price. There are usually enough adds there for you to get an idea of the average price for said product. I do it to see that they are not overcharging me too much here where I live.