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    Nordelta - Advice Please!

    Wow! Does this mean that once you enter Nordelta you are stuck there and never see the outside world again! I beg to differ! Lol! Lol! Lol!
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    Nordelta - Advice Please!

    Ange, you can pm me anytime! Glad to help! ;-)))
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    Nordelta - Advice Please!

    Ange, also if you need a broker you can trust in helping you look for a house, I can recommend ours, as she is a friend of a colleague of my husbands!
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    Nordelta - Advice Please!

    Ange, also if you need help with looking for houses I can recommend our broker here in Nordelta. She has been brilliant and has become a good friend of mine too. Natalie
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    Nordelta - Advice Please!

    Hi Ange! We have just moved to Nordelta a month ago and my kids (English mother tongue) ( I am British/Portuguese and hubby is Italian/Spanish) aged 8 and 10 go to Northlands here in Nordelta. The school has been very welcoming and have helped my kids to settle in. It is a bi-lingual school and...
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    Holiday Back Home

    No problem at all! I know what it's like when you live away from home ! Really! If you want to, I can bring them!
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    Holiday Back Home

    Funny how the smallest things in life make us happy!!! I can always bring some for you johnw100 as I will be popping to the UK after leaving Lebanon and after popping to Italy to see family , we will only be arriving end of the year! So you wouldn't have them for Xmas but a few days wait...
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    Holiday Back Home

    So I know what to expect then! Half my luggage will be full of tea bags , Bisto and Marmite! But saying that , the same happens here in Beirut! They see you are foreign and say"Welcome to Lebanon" even though I have been here four years and I rush through customs before They have chance to...
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    Holiday Back Home

    Ha ha! I suppose it cannot be worse than Beirut! Or maybe it is?! Still excited to be relocating though!
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    Holiday Back Home

    Noooooo! So no Amazon orders either!!! Well, I will just have to stock up before we leave !!
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    Holiday Back Home

    Have you checked out www.britishcornershop.co.uk ? I used it a lot when I was living in Europe, didn't use it here in Lebanon (no postal address) where we have lived the last fours years, but then the supermarkets were full of Tesco products anyway would you believe it!! Moving to Buenos Aires...
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    (First Post) British Passport Renewal / Postage To Arg

    You forget Paul! We have been living in Beirut four years now with car bombs , traffic chaos, pollution, no green spaces, electricity cuts, internet soooo slow you want to throw the laptop out the window and an evacuation out of the country! The way I learnt to live with it...ignore it! Ha! So...
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    (First Post) British Passport Renewal / Postage To Arg

    So funny! The world is indeed a small place! We are all good, just stressed about the move but once the school is confirmed everything else will fall into place! Hopefully we will catch up once we are over! Good luck with passport renewal! I am sure G will be in touch with you again soon ! I for...
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    (First Post) British Passport Renewal / Postage To Arg

    Gosh it used to be so much easier when you were able to go to the Embassy direct and get it done that way! We are in the process of relocating to BA from Beirut! Just got my sons renewed at a UK Visa/immigration office as there are no postal addresses here! By the way you are not a friend of...
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    Advice On Schools

    Thanks to you all for feedback! It is difficult to make a decision when you are not in the country yet! My husband who is already in BA has started to visit some schools but I can at least pass on info you have posted here! I am sure it will help! Muchos Gracias!
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    Advice On Schools

    Thanks to you all for info! We are hoping to stay at least three years in BA! We are currently in Beirut, Lebanon and know for sure what traffic and chaos is all about! I for sure, would prefer to be as close to the school as possible as I agree that life is too short to be wasted stuck in...
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    Advice On Schools

    Hello! We are currently in the process of moving to Buenos Aires and have two boys aged 10 and 8 years (English mother tongue) We are looking for advice on schools in the area but not sure which is the best. Also would it make sense to live in the suburbs as we see there are quite a few...
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