Quick catch-up on first few days in Buenos Aires

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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 in a cool neighborhood

-Jen found a cockroach in the bathroom; this is worrisome.

-There was a failed attempt by 3 hoodlums to steal Jen’s purse in the park yesterday–we will definitely write more about this as it was quite comical

-We went on a cool free walking tour and saw Retiro and Recoleta; we also learned that if you have private health insurance here (~$120/month) you get one free plastic surgery each year. Our guide pointed out all of the artificially enhanced locals along the tour.

-It seems that Argentinians walk very quickly as we frequently get passed on the street which didn’t happen back in SF–though, this could be because Jen is always gawking at a building

-We have had some very good food and some VERY bad food so far–walking into random places off the street has not gone well for us; we will seek out recommendations going forward

-The wine is good

-Tomorrow we start spanish school and have to be across town by 8:30am–this will be very hard seeing as though we have not yet woken up before noon.

-We don’t have to go to work tomorrow, do you 🙂

More to come, and pictures!

5 thoughts on “Quick catch-up on first few days in Buenos Aires”

  1. Wow! We’re so happy there were no spiders—-Jen can handle cockroaches, but spiders are another universe!

  2. so true about the food. Here’s a great place for lunch: Sirop Folie, 166 Vincente Lopez (kind of down an alley, not far from the cemetery.)

  3. Can you give me any advice re health insurance? Which one do you think the best?

    Is there a rating service from a third party that you know of?

    I will be there in early August, planning to relocate from the USA permanently..

    Thank you for any information you can offer.

    • Congrats on the relocation plans! Unfortunately, we can’t help you much as we didn’t bother getting local insurance since we were still covered under our US policies for awhile. Also, I seem to remember that it’s pretty easy to get a policy quickly and there aren’t any pre-existing condition type things, so you can more or less wait until you need it to get it–I’m not 100% sure though, so worth reconfirming. I’d suggest you take a look at the local expat blog and I’m sure you’ll find more info: http://www.baexpats.org

      best!
      Ryan

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