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Game 3: Argentina 2, Greece 0

23 June 2010

We’re relatively new to this, but as far as we can tell, Argentina always wins. This is probably a good thing as it’s usually much better to hang out in crowded places with very passionate drunk people that are happy rather than angry. We watched this game (which was thankfully at 3:30pm rather than early [...]

Quick update on our progress in learning spanish

10 June 2010

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Some have asked how our spanish skills are coming along after 10+ weeks of intensive classes and immersion. Rather than address this question directly, I’ll instead suggest that you watch this video: I’d say that we basically have a combination of all 4 of those problems.

Definitely NOT one of the 5 major food groups

9 June 2010

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Definitely NOT one of the 5 major food groups

Ever had tripe stew? No? Oh, how I wish I could say the same. Suffering from a cold last week, a hot bowl of stew sounded good for lunch, so after class we headed to Cumana, a legendary Buenos Aires restaurant known for its empanadas and stews. Their menu lists ~10 different homemade stews. We had [...]

The 5 major food groups of Argentina

8 June 2010

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In the US, we have a food pyramid with recommendations on what we should eat; it looks something like this: In Argentina, they have a similar system, though it looks a little bit different. From what we can tell, this is a relatively accurate depiction: People rave about the food in Argentina, especially the beef, [...]

Human jumbotron

5 June 2010

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This is completely unrelated to anything in this blog, but if you haven’t seen this, you should take a look; it may rock your world:

Quick poll about our favorite street sign in Buenos Aires

3 June 2010

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This is a street sign that you will see all over Buenos Aires: Literally, these signs are all over, there is also another version where the person is wearing a skirt. While we now know what this sign actually means, we thought it would be more fun to ask you what you think it means [...]

Have you noticed…

31 May 2010

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We have a fancy new photo gallery feature with all of our photo albums. Check it out by clicking the “Photo Gallery” link on the top of the page or in the “Read Our Story…” box on the right. Or, you can click here: http://www.consultingrehab.com/photo_gallery/ Our exploration of WordPress blogging is almost keeping pace [...]

Our 10 favorite things about our life in Buenos Aires right now

30 May 2010

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A quick reflection about our 10 favorite things about our life in Buenos Aires right now (in no particular order): Dogs: We’ve told you about this before – they’re everywhere. It’s a little strange that they don’t seem to have the slightest interest in talking to us or being pet by us, but just seeing [...]

Bad experience with a local guide in Salta

25 May 2010

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Well, we’re back in Buenos Aires after a week in the Northwest of Argentina (Salta and Jujuy provinces). Jen is working on a post that will give a full overview of our trip with pictures and so forth, so we should get that up in the next day or so. In the mean time, my [...]

Today in Cafayate

19 May 2010

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Here’s what we did today: We woke up this morning in this hotel room… In this hotel (which is free, go Starwood!)… Overlooking this pool… Then, we got picked up and drove through this winery… On our way to go goat cheese tasting along with a tour of a goat cheese farm… Then we went [...]