Expanish Blog

Living in a foreign country can sometimes make even the most routine tasks seem challenging…
For many people, a routine visit to an optometrist, optician, or optical shop is anywhere from a monthly to a yearly task, whether you need to renew your prescription, buy contact lenses, or refill your contact solution. If you are studying [...]

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If the global financial crisis affected you this year, like millions of other people, you may be wondering how to make the best of it. Well, for some it is to look for new work, for others, to wait out, and for the adventurous, it is to travel.

In 2008, the [...]

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maymester – pronunciation- [may-mes-ter]
- A maymester is a shortened university semester, only one month, that takes place in the month of May and earns students university credits.

This fairly recent addition to the university semester family is becoming more and more popular as students are becoming more open to taking school outside of the ‘regular’ school months, [...]

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For any traveler who has traveled in Argentina in the past, you will be well aware that tourists, or non-residents of Argentina, pay more for flights within Argentina than residents.  Despite high tourism numbers, this difference in price has continued to be present in local airline fares, until now.  You will be happy to hear, [...]

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If you are a student planning to study Spanish in Buenos Aires or if you are already studying in Buenos Aires, there are a few facts that you should know, ensuring a safe, exciting, and unforgettable stay in Argentina.
1. Embrace the Love.
The culture of Argentine’s is warm, kind, social, and sometimes in-your-face, borderline creeping into [...]

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The unfortunate financial crisis that has hit the World in the last year has caused more havick than almost any other financial crisis we have seen in the last century. Countries and economies around the world have felt this financial blow and, although the situation has leveled somewhat, the after affects of this crisis [...]

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If you are a student who has traveled abroad to study Spanish in Argentina there are a few destinations outside of Buenos Aires that deserve a visit and simply should not be passed by. Argentina is a country that has it all; mountains, flat plains, deserts, glaciers, coastline, forest, beach, skiing hills, [...]

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Whatever your motivation to study Spanish abroad may be, it serves as a great opportunity to discover a new culture and way of life. Studying with Expanish in Buenos Aires makes this easy. The highly-professional teaching staff will give you the tools you need to improve your Spanish and broaden your ability to [...]

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Buenos Aires, Argentina is one of the few chosen cities that is fortunate enough to be blessed by the exhibit of the World Press Photo Tour. For the past several years, the World Press Photo Tour has been held at the Centro Cultural Borges, located inside the Galerias Pacifico mall on Florida Street, and it [...]

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The Chinatown in Buenos Aires began in the 1980´s, not long after the second wave of Asian immigrants landed in Argentina in the late 1960´s. In the 1990´s more Chinese immigrants arrived in Argentina, mostly entrepreneurs, and Chinatown and the number of Chinese owned business began to flourish. Many Chinese and Asian owned businesses [...]

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