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Study Spanish in Buenos Aires and Stay Safe! 
We all know the big safety tips, such as don’t walk down a dark alley alone, don’t talk to strangers, etc, but there are some other precautionary tips that just might help you avoid those annoying situations such as stolen passports, upset stomachs, and cultural clashes.
How [...]

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Have you decided to travel abroad and study Spanish in Buenos Aires?
This may mean that you have to say “goodbye” to your family and friends for a while but nowadays that doesn’t mean that you can’t keep in touch with them.
Thanks to the latest in technology, you only have to decide what kind [...]

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In our last Packing for Dummies, Part 1,  we covered both Clothing and Bathroom Stuff to bring when traveling to Buenos Aires.  Now, we will look at the other items that are needed and wanted when traveling to Argentina!
Step 3.  Hard goods – books, Spanish dictionary, writing journal
These go in the NECESITY pile.

Spanish [...]

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Study Spanish in Buenos Aires and Get Packing!

For most of us, packing is the part of our travels that we hate the most because we have combine what we HAVE to bring with what we NEED to bring. Yikes!  A constant battle…
But no matter how much we dread it, we have to do [...]

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As much as you may love studying Spanish in Buenos Aires, getting up between 7:30am-8:30am to get to your Spanish classes at Expanish that start 9am can, well, be utterly painful! I mean, for a culture that begins to think about eating dinner at 9pm (early!), has drinks at a bar at 12am, and [...]

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January 2010:
As of December 28th, 2009, a new reciprocity fee is being charged to Americans, Canadians, and Australians entering into Argentina
The Argentine government has recently implemented a reciprocity fee to the nationals of those countries who charge Argentine citizens to get a visa to enter into their countries. This procedures applies to 22 countries [...]

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All of us who come to Buenos Aires to learn Spanish will be staying in some sort of accommodation: homestay, shared apartment, private apartment, hostel, hotel, friend’s house, etc…
There are some very simple rules, or commandments if you will, that every single one of us should follow at all times.
 
7 Accommodation Commandments
 
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Now that you have made it Buenos Aires to study Spanish, it is time to navigate the city.
Selecting a mode of transportation can depend on many different factors such as, the time of day, location, and weather. Maybe it is late at night or you are in a hurry to get to your [...]

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Living with new people while abroad in Buenos Aires is a living and learning experience! Everyone is new to the city, away from their home country, looking to meet new people, discover the best experiences,  and of course, learn a foreign language.  Living with roommates can teach you a lot about people and become [...]

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You are studying Spanish in Argentina; the CARNE (meat) capital of South America, where fresh pastas with meat balls, pizza with pepperoni, and steaks the size of soccer balls are readily available and affordable at every local restaurant, and the only downside to it all is that… you don’t eat meat!  How are you [...]

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