The unsettling discovery that you have fewer pesos than you anticipated can happen often for students living on a tight budget in Buenos Aires. Monetary dilemmas, such as where to eat lunch or do laundry cheaply and how to save for a weekend trip or a night out with friends constantly haunt the student without […]
Buenos Aires: ‘Getting Spiritual’ with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If any city in the world is ripe for some spiritual diddling to sooth its weary soul, it’s Buenos Aires. Enter Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a guru-cum-businessman who will lead a meditation session in Palermo tomorrow before an expected audience of 100,000 people. Not to be confused with the world-famous sitar player of the same […]
Buenos Aires No-Call Registry Makes Dinnertime More Peaceful
How many Volkswagens have you won since you’ve lived in Buenos Aires? If you’ve been in Buenos Aires for any length of time and have a home phone, you probably have received automated messages saying you’ve won quite a few. Unsolicited telemarketing calls come from car dealerships, banks, political parties conducting surveys, and even […]
ESL: A Breakdown of the Teaching Certification Programs
Having a recognized TEFL qualification of any kind can open doors in Argentina, help to land a job and boost confidence in the classroom. After gaining an understanding of all the ESL acronyms, choosing the right course is important because the multitude of certification programs can vary greatly in quality. While there are a staggering […]
SUBE Card — Do You Need One?
*Update: Subsidies will be lifted for those without the SUBE card SUBE cards, introduced in February 2009, are rechargeable cards that can be used to pay for the subways, buses and trains in Buenos Aires. This modern system has helped to alleviate the notorious —but often necessary —local habit of obsessively collecting small change to […]
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