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The Quest for an Apartment in Buenos Aires

by Molly Prentiss Jan 8, 2008 2 Comments

dscn2788.JPGUpon arriving in Buenos Aires, I could not help feeling slightly overwhelmed. Not, however, in a bad or stressful sense, but rather in the way one is overwhelmed at a music festival or at a carnival: there were just too many things to see, to do, to hear, to experience. There were beautiful people everywhere, and I had to meet them! There were fantastic restaurants where I had to dine! And there were cafes, bookstores, antique galleries, and tango lessons, all of which I had to be a part of! On my first walk through the streets of San Telmo, where I was dropped off in the taxi from the airport, I decided that I needed to stay in Buenos Aires for a long time, in order to experience all of this. It was that kind of overwhelming.

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