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How to rent an apartment in Buenos Aires

25 March 2010

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How to rent an apartment in Buenos Aires

We finally found a great new short-term apartment here in Buenos Aires. Finding the right short-term rental is far more complex than you might think, so read on for our reviews of all the agencies we worked with and a very important list of tips/tricks to make sure you get a good place and don’t get [...]

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How to get hot water in Buenos Aires

24 March 2010

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Lesson learned #2:  Which faucet do you use to get hot water in Buenos Aires? Anyone?  Read on for the correct answer…

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Quick catch-up on first few days in Buenos Aires

15 March 2010

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We have been lax in posting over the last couple of days, and we don’t have much time now, but we thought we should do a quick summary of some highlights of our first couple of days here in Buenos Aires (with more details to come later): -Our apartment is just ok, but it is [...]

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Yesterday would have been a bad day to live vicariously through us

11 March 2010

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No response from United yet… We did manage to wash some of our clothes using hotel shampoo and they may even be mostly dry by the time we have to put them back on, so things are definitely looking up.

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Dear friendly United Airlines rep from Seattle… (we just sent this, will see what happens)

11 March 2010

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Dear friendly United Airlines rep from Seattle… (we just sent this, will see what happens)

Hi xxx, I’m hoping you remember me and my wife from this morning when we checked in for our flight to Buenos Aires from Seattle at ~5:30am–we are the newlyweds (Jen and Ryan) that quit our consulting jobs recently, got married and are/were headed to Buenos Aires for the next 6 months.  You were very [...]

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