Melanie Van Orden,
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My awesome sister-in-law, Amara, posted a comment on this blog asking for more information about Argentina’s history. I am all to happy to oblige; I love to answer readers’ questions! (Note: You don’t have to be a family member of mine to get a question answered on this blog!)

Jason and I visited Argentina for a few months from February to May of 2008. We loved our time there and want to go back to visit in the future. Some of our favorite parts of our visit were the architecture of Buenos Aires, the fabulous steaks and ice cream, the passionate and sophisticated culture and the low prices! Read more…

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Photo: San Telmo at night by Libertinus

This post is the second installment of the story of our arrival in Argentina in February of this year. When I left off in the story, I told you about our international plane ride.

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Our Jet Set life began when we left our tiny Manhattan apartment in February of this year to head to JFK International Airport for our flight to Argentina.

We’d been planning this day for months, but we couldn’t believe we were leaving our New York life behind to try and learn Spanish and soak up a little porteño culture. (Porteño is another word for residents of Buenos Aires; Argentina’s largest port city.)

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As some of you may already know, Jason and I embarked on our latest traveling adventure in Portland, Oregon a little under three weeks ago. We have wanted to live in this place since our garage band days in college.

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