Buenos Aires Apartment: Troubles With Our Palermo, Buenos Aires Apartment

We’re finally in an apartment in Buenos Aires that we REALLY like.
But up until now, we have been having some big issues with our Buenos Aires Apartments. We went through a real estate agent who is from Buenos Aires and is based out of Florida.
We told her that we wanted a nice place that was quiet (and obviously clean, if we were going to be paying $1400 or $1500/month for the time we were here).
The apartment we originally had reserved, we got talked out of and got talked into this one. We saw that it was on a busy street, so we asked (before confirming our reservation) if it would be noisy. The real estate agent confirmed that it would not be noisy.
When we got to the apartment, it was both noisy and dirty.

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10 FAQs about our stay in Buenos Aires (so far)

1. What’s your apartment like?
We’ll answer that soon…
2. What’s the weather like? Is it summer there?
We’re in the southern hemisphere, so the weather is the opposite season as the northern hemisphere. This means that it is just the beginning of fall down here. So, just as we were beginning to see the very first buds and even a flower or two right before we left Colorado, we are just beginning to see the leaves change colors and drop from the trees here in Argentina. The weather is still rather warm (high 70s to low 80s), and pleasant. It is definitely more humid here than in CO (but it’s hard not to be).
March is the rainiest month here. We’ve experienced a few rainstorms. The rain here is very different. It comes down in sheets. It downpours for about 20-30 minutes, and then stops. It might do this 2 or 3 times during the night.
3. What’s the food like?

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Buenos Aires: How Is This Possible?

We got and get a lot of questions about our travel to Buenos Aires.
“You’re staying at like, a resort, right?”
“How did you get that much time off of work?”
“Do you have friends who are Argentinian?”
“I’m sorry…How many weeks did you say you’re going for?”
Most of these questions revolve around the basic question that no one’s really asked directly, which is:
“A six-week “vacation” in South America? How Is That Even Possible?
We hope that by our example, we inspire others to do similar things in their lives, but here’s the real answer to the question no one’s asking directly.
How Is This Possible?
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In a lot of ways, I don’t really know what to tell people about the idea that we’re spending a good deal of time here in Buenos Aires.
Most people’s lives are based around working a certain number of hours every week or every month at a JOB. That job is usually based in a specific location.
Emily and BoRyan (friends who are down here), are fortunate to have jobs with a company which allows them to work virtually.
But most people have that traditional job which requires that your life be structured around your work.

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Important lessons from the first four hours in Buenos Aires, Argentina

We made it!
So, we’ve been in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a total of four hours.
And here are the most important lessons we’ve learned so far…
Lesson #1: Language Learning
No matter how much you listen to language tapes, (at least beginning ones), nor the help offered from friends and family who soeak a language (thank-you SO much for spending the time with us Laura) they just don’t prepare you for what you’ll need to know to get around.
So, we’ll be struglling our way through our minimal Spanish (just as we’ve both done in German), screwing things up, probably offending people (on accident of course), and working to laugh at ourselves the whole time.
Hopefully we’ll be able to convey the experiences well enough through our writing on this site to be able to have you laugh at with us as well.
Lesson #2: Taxis and streets

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Stand Back, Buenos Aires!

It has been over a month since Carrie or I have made an update to CarrieAndJonathan.com.
And we realized over the past week that many people don’t know this, so here it is…
We’re currently sitting at Denver International Airport, waiting for a flight to Dallas.
But Dallas is our connection.
The final desitnation, as the title of this post would suggest, is Buenos Aires, Argentina!
We will be living and working there.
The most common question we get when we go to travel somewhere is:
Why?
Because we want to experience what it’s like there.
We’ll be living and working in Buenos Aires, as we do at home, but will be experiencing what it’s like in a different place.
Thank-you to everyone who has supported us in taking care of things at home while we’re gone. We REALLY appreciate you!
So, here’s a quick overview of Buenos Aires, as well as approximately where we’ll be staying (in Palermo, which is a district of Buenos Aires).
Oh, and it’s 1 hour ahead of the Eastern time zone in the US, so it’s three hours ahead of Colorado.

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Crazy Basejumping in Flying Suits

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