'Would like to correspond w/american in argentina' Retirement

Laura Adair (24.30.88.114) -

I am interested in moving out of US. Have been looking in Costa Rica, Panama, Thailand, I am very interested now in Argentina. I'm divorced and have a home/business to sell in US. I want to bring my yorkshire terriers with me. I breed these dogs in US. I have read some great info about home prices, cost of living but I want to verify with someone living in Argentina. All information is welcome. Thanks. Laura

Comment #1 Brenden (208.155.169.89) -

Hop on a plane and check out Argentina. Nothing beats first hand experience. What made you consider those 4 interesting countries?

Comment #2 cd (24.22.246.168) -

Hi! I'm an American wanting to correspond with another American in Argentina. I'm terribly interested in the culture.

Comment #3 Kecia (82.167.15.182) -

I am an American living in Saudi Arabia. My husband works here. We are planning a move to Argentina in June 2007. My husband has been offered a rotater position where he will work 29 days and be off 29 days. We want to retire to Argentina so have decided to take the plunge and make it home base for the rest of my husband's career. I would love to chat with someone who lives there to find out more about the place. It is difficult to get information on the net. We need to know things like what type of electrical outlets there are so we know what adaptors to bring. What about the healthcare. Dentistry. Please contact if you are interested in chatting about things such as this. I would also like to know someone who speaks the same language when I get there. I hope to learn Spanish, but I know that it will take some time to become proficient. Thanks to all who took the time to read this.

Comment #4 dan (200.80.196.40) -

http://bloggersinargentina.blogspot.com/

Comment #5 Emanuel Lombard (166.61.229.25) -

I am an elderly US citizen with no wife and am looking for a place to live during the US winters and perhaps yeararound.I have a large family in the environs of Buenos Aires who probably don't know of my existence. My father, Luis Lombar, from Galicia, Spain, had three brothers who left Spain for Argentina around 1895 (before my father was born), but he visited them around 1919-23 and one of his nephews urged h im frequently to settle in Argentina as late as 1967.

I imagine that my cousins would all b de dead by now but perhaps their children might be interested in contact wi th me. Somehow, I associate the name LaPrida with the physical location in Argentina. Although both my parents were speakers of Gallego, they made sure that I didn't learn that or Spanish believing that I would end up with a Spanish accent which they wished to avoid. Although I was wealthy at one time, four wives and eleven children have depleted that wealth.

I have traveled through Europe perhaps 15 times and never south of the US border. May I hear from one of my kin or their descendants or someone prepared to give me some guidance?

Appreciatively, Emanuel Lombard

I visited my aunt Henrietta in Rande, Redondela. She was married to a man with the surname Iglesias. I think the nephew who used to write my father from Argentina was named Alfredo.

Comment #6 Patri from Costa Rica (Contact Member) -

For goodness sake, Laura, GO to Argentina if you are now thinking of moving there. You spent two years planning on moving to Costa Rica, and then when you got there, you discovered it wasn't the place for you ( but then the places you were going weren't anywhere most people would choose to live). Argentina is a huge country. BA is a great city, looks like Paris, but there are a dozen different places with different climates from which you could choose. You're deluding yourself if you think you can make such a grand decision based on someone else's opinion. There is no substitution for going there yourself and checking it out. I've met a lot of people just like you who do their internet research, waste a lot of peoples' time, and then never go anywhere!

Comment #7 Patricia W. from Buenos Aires, South and Tango (Contact Member) -

To Mr. Lombard

I found one Alfredo Lombar ( without d) in Florencio Varela, and many others in Mar del Plata and Azul( Provincia de Buenos Aires). To make a call see the TE numbers in: Google search ...Teleinfo...Busqueda por Nombre ....Buenos Aires ""Lombar"" and there will appear all the Lombar´s names , including Alfredo, adress and phones.

Good Luck

Patricia Williams

Relocation Services - Bs. As-cemcoba@yahoo.com

Comment #8 Laura from Buenos Aires, Argentina (Contact Member) -

Laura, my name is Laura too!

You need to go through as much research as possible. I would suggest taking a look at my blog which is very comprehensive and gives a lot of insight into daily life as well as information about moving there with your dogs. My ebook is very comprehensive as well with more than 100 pages in a downloadable format.

Kecia, my ebook and blog will both answer all of your questions in great detail.

Anyone is welcome to email me to ask questions. There is so much to know when considering moving to another country and not only have we successfully done it, but we did it with 2 cats and 2 dogs, and my entire pregnancy was in Buenos Aires, as well as the birth of our daughter. Insurance was extremely important to me as I turned 40 just before the birth of our daughter and I needed to make sure it was in place BEFORE we even got there. We visited the country four times before deciding to make the move.

There are pros and cons, but Buenos Aires, and Argentina in general has some great things going for it. It is important though to make sure you don't just read articles that tout how cheap it is because the standard of living for everyone, including foreigners is constantly in a state of flux.

Feel free to email me at laurazurro@gmail.com

• Moving to Argentina blog

Comment #9 Julio (63.176.159.51) -

Buenos Aires is the optimal place. Everything is close. There is variety. Whatever you are looking for can be found.

Comment #10 Drake (63.176.159.201) -

I have to agree with Laura from Buenos Aires, Argentina back (or up) there rather than with the very grumpy Patri from Costa Rica.

Ms. Laura Adair didn't include tin her statement that she took more than two years planning but if you are figuratively talking then there is nothing bad about planning on going to a foreign country for a long time. It is better to be well-prepared than lost in translation right? ...or worst, in a war-thorned society.

Comment #11 Michael Sylvester (208.100.236.66) -

I am a semi-retired Psychology Professor PhD here in Daytona Beach, Florida and I am planning on retiring in the Americas next

summer.I first thought of Bolivia then Panama then Chile and then Nicaragua and it seems that I will settle for Argentina.One of the problems I found was that no one seems to be answering e-mails.And I got tired of rip off real estate agents who try to lure me where oter Americans were living and they called that

International living.I am currently working on three books.I have

had many pleasant encounters with Argentinians here in the U.S

and am well read in the cultures of the Americas.I think this will be a good way to learn Spanish, I qm able to teach English and Psychology.But I am also interested in working and helping Argentinians with Stuttering Speech problems (tartamudeo).

I am also a mobile disc jockey with a huge collection of musing

mostly jazz, blues, rock and tropilcal music. I could help open a club.I have been told that San Luis/Mendoza area is

nice. Anyway, my e-mail is Msylvester@copper.net and I invite anyone tp write me. Michael

Comment #12 Kaye Henson (207.102.100.189) -

I am a semi-retired teacher/adult educator now teaching ESL in Vancouver, BC. I hope to move to Argentina with my cat in September, 2009.

Could anybody advise me on what quieter area of BA I should rent an apartment in - or possibly a small house? I want public transport to be available to get to the centre of the city, but don't want to live there.

Also, do you think $2000 Canadian monthly is enough for a quiet lifestyle in BA? I play the viola and hope to find an amateur community orchestra to play with.

Thanks for your help.

Comment #13 Michael Sylvester from Daytona Beach,Florida (Contact Member) -

You should contact the Mendoza Expat club.There are lots of Canadians there.

Michael

Comment #14 Will (63.176.159.33) -

Laura I agree with Patri I think that you should most definitely go visit the area you want to live in before making the big move. It would be a terrible situation if you moved there and didn't like it.

Comment #15 Michael Sylvester from Daytona Beach,Florida (Contact Member) -

I do not always agree that one should always go visit first.Impressions can vary depending on circumstances:who you meet, changing temperature conditions.What is important is to have an open mind

and do not generalize.Te more one exposes oneself to a variety of situations the better our adjustment will be.Surprises are good for the enhancement of our brains.

Michael Sylvester

Comment #16 Michael Sylvester from Daytona Beach,Florida (Contact Member) -

I do not always agree that one should always go visit first.Impressions can vary depending on circumstances:who you meet, changing temperature conditions.What is important is to have an open mind

and do not generalize.Te more one exposes oneself to a variety of situations the better our adjustment will be.Surprises are good for the enhancement of our brains.

Michael Sylvester

Comment #17 (208.252.179.22) -

Help in locating friends:

I had three friends from Buenos Aires in the U.S but I have lost track of them a long time ago.But they left their addresses in Argentina with me. One is Alberto Marin and he gave me his parents address as

Juana Azvdduy 1563

1429 Buenos Aires

telephone 70-0294

If you are able to contact that number tell them Michael Sylvester in Daytona Beach, Florida is trying to contact

Alberto Marin amd you could give them my e-mail or get Alberto's e-mail.

The other couple is:

Horacio y Norma Peredo

Jonas SAlk 3287

Olivos-1636

Provincia de Buenos Aires

(I do not have a phone for the Peredo).

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Michael Sylvester. e-mail: Msylvester@copper.net

Comment #18 Sasha (63.176.159.112) -

I also would like to know if I retire and move here to Argentina would I be happy here. Is the living here pretty good as well?

Comment #19 Joshua (63.176.159.18) -

I also think that it's a good idea to visit the place you want to move to. It can't hurt to go there before you move but it could hurt you if you move without ever being there, you might hate it there.

Comment #20 Michael Sylvester from Daytona Beach,Florida (Contact Member) -

I do not mean to sound pessimistic but retirement age is not the time to decde likes and dislikes, but rather what should make retirement age pleasant are new and surprising experiences.These surprising experiences are good and healthy for the brain.I am originally from the Caribbean island of St.Lucia, but I have decided to plan a move to Punta Arenas, Chile in October.This future new adjustment has many advantages.Life is more than the weather.

Michael

Comment #21 Dean (63.176.159.142) -

My plan for retirement is to travel around the world non-stop until I've circled it and back to home then travel again with other destinations possible. Maybe one day I would come cross Argentina too.

Comment #22 Sam (63.176.159.65) -

Like Brenden said at the top, a first hand experience is always best. No matter how many great things you read about over the internet, in brochures or wherever, you should never make a decision until you've actually been there.

Comment #23 pale_o (63.176.159.56) -

Perhaps realizing that going place to a place and gathering first hand info had not done her good could have made Laura seek more informa tion from others who have had it firsthand.

I fear that you will still land in Argentina and be on the lookout for another destination. I feel like giving you the benefit of doubt that while you were in all the countries you have named, you were forced to leave by circumstances.

Comment #24 moy (63.176.159.15) -

I figured out that posting dan's link in the right box would really prove helpful. I agree with post #2 because it simply captures what you need to do in the event of wanting to relocate within a very short period of time.

Nothing beats first hand experience because in a way, you are able to make real solid decisions. That is not to say you cannot source for any information from other sources!

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