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Does anyone have any experience visiting French-speaking places in the Americas? I mean principally besides Quebec. In South American and the Carribean. My spoken French is getting buried under my Spanish, and I worked so damn hard for that French. I can go chat with French people that are...

Medellin I've done the text searches and even started some of the Medellin, Colombia threads looking for information. Thought I'd ask some specific questions one more time, in the spirit of reality often being a lot different than Google results, as we often share with people on this forum...

Hey all, I'm leaving on Monday and considering selling a sizable amount of Apple products. I have a known and trustworthy buyer who only has pesos. I need to get that money into dollars, but I fear that the black market rates aren't worth it. Would anyone with a US paypal account be willing to...

Someone just told that even with the restrictions you can buy up to 10,000 pesos worth of dollars at the airport. True or not? Further to that. I've got a bunch of Apple stuff to sell and a trustworthy buyer who will pay pesos for the lot of it, at around 5 pesos per dollar value. Do you guys...

I've been living in the microcentro and have some collared, long-sleeve shirts I needed to get lavado and and planchado. The place by my house is pricey. 30 pesos per basket of laundry plus 8 pesos per shirt. I just paid 70 pesos to get five shirts washed and ironed! Anyone know of anything...

Thinking of visiting Medellin, anyone have any suggestions? Also, how does Medellin compare for living to BA?

Hi all, I'm living in Microcentro, pretty close to Alem and thus Puerto Madero. There's a Chino near me. The Chino has a verduleria, but the prices are high. Does anyone know a reasonable verduleria in the area? Or has anyone else had to live in Microcentro and have a good strategy for...

Hey all, I've mostly stayed put in the city since I've been here, but here's what I've seen: Colonia de Uruguay Tigre Gualyguaychu Any suggestions on nice day or overnight trips around BA, along with travel tips particular to that destination? Thanks!

Hey, Checked the govt sites and the Correo and OCAs around me don't have the SUBE card. Where can I get it? I live at R Pena and Libertador. Thanks

I've been using a US cell with a data plan on roaming in Argentina. I had to do it for a time, but it can get quite expensive. It's about $2 USD per minute to talk. Ideally I would like a US cell number where I can be reached in BA and make calls relatively inexpensively. This number would...

Hey, I'll be back in BA in early January after holidays in the US. I'm looking for an affordable room or apt to rent. I'm very flexible. If it is a room, I would like it to be affordable. I could pay more for a nice place in a nice area. This could be short- or long- term. It would just...

Hi, I'm back home in the US for the holidays until Jan 5. I've done tourist rentals and sublets since Jan. of 2011, when I arrived in BA. I'll be looking for a longer term lease this time around, but would like to be there in person to do it. In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone...

Hey French Jurist, thanks for that link on the etymology of "Latin America": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America I've been wondering for some time how to square the French use of the term "Latin" and the US English term "Latin". I remember a French friend saying to me once, "Dans le...

Hey all, I'd like to sell my Macbook Air Original. A complication is that there are some shortcomings. The battery life wasn't good on this first model, so it pretty much needs to be plugged in all the time. The hard drive has temperature issues and will run a little slower when it's hot. I've...

I'm looking for a home decor item shaped like a poodle. It could be a coffee mug, vase for flowers, decorative tray, etc. This is kind of a shot in the dark, I know, but just seeing if anyone has spotted any poodle-themed items lately. I need to buy the item today. If you can point me...

So, a buddy and I are planning a wicked beach vacation for January and are trying to settle on where. We have thought of Brazil. The downside of this is that we would be tourists there. Here we are local, or at least can say we live here, and that really brings down some walls. What do you...

Anyone know a store that sells GOOD close to homemade fresh pasta sauce? Does this exist?

Anyone know a good iPhone/iPad app for learning Spanish? I especially want want to work on verb conjugations. Thanks!

Just a heads up to perma-tourists. I went to Miami this weekend and was given a lot of trouble at check-in because I didn't have proof of onward travel. I was aware that this happens to people, but it didn't occur to me that it would be an issue on a round trip originating in BA. Lots of...

I have some sweaters and things I don't want anymore, and I'd like to give them to the equivalent of Goodwill or the Salvation Army. Anyone know where to do this? I live in Recoleta. Nearby would be great.