33. Sky-diving (Lobos, Argentina)

May 25, 2005 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

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Argentine Wines

May 24, 2005 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

What a crazy week its been. I’ve been so busy this last week there hasn’t been any time to write blog entries. Well, on Saturday last week, I was invited to dinner by the mother of one of my employees. In addition to preparing a fantastic meal and indulging my pathetic attempts to speak in Spanish, she gave me a list of Argentine wines to try. I thought I’d share the list here for anyone looking to try some Argentine wines once they get here:

List of Argentine Wines

Castel Shandon
Don Valentin Lacrado
Luigi Bosca
Carrascal
Font de Cave
San Telmo

At dinner we were served the Don Valentin Lacrado and I enjoyed it. I haven’t tried anything from the rest of the list yet, but perhaps someone else can add their suggestions (Argentine wines only please).

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Expat Banking

May 13, 2005 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Today I wanted to provide a recommendation for Internet banking. Every expat ought to have an Internet bank in the USA (remember my article on not keeping money in Argentina banks) to use as their primary bank account. A reader today provided me with several recommendations which I will share here:

BankDirect
NetBank
EverBank

Internet banks are perfect for expats, since they let you maintain your account by mail, fax, and, of course, by Internet. They don’t expect to you to come walking into the branch to fill out wire transfer paperwork, for example.

I’d like to add one more bank to this list — USAA Federal Savings Bank. Now, as some of you may already be aware, USAA only provides insurance for military families. Their bank and investment products are therefore also geared towards military customers who are already buying USAA insurance. However, they do provide banking services to all US citizens and […]

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Note to Argentines: Stop Blaming “U.S. Nationals” For Calling Ourselves “Americans”

May 2, 2005 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

I got a today that I have to respond to, since the author is way off and has no idea what he’s talking about. I experienced this quite offten when I was in Argentina — people getting upset that Americans call themselves Americans. I just have to address this because hopefully our Argentina reader will read this and then pass it on.

Reader’s

I refuse to call you an American since America is first a continent and then it could be used as a country nick name. Therefore when I listen someone says “American”, I say I am American too, since I was born in South America, a part the American Continent. Anyone who whishes to refute this should read the Set theory, in particular they should at the Subsets definition. Basic geography will also work. This is just another way the US people show that they are the only […]

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