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Would like to correspond w/american in argentina

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

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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 -

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 -

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 Lombarīs names , including Alfredo, adress and phones.

Good Luck

Patricia Williams

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

Comment #8 Laura from Buenos Aires, Argentina -

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

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