San Telmo: The Soul of Buenos Aires
Date: 08/26/2008 Author: Lee HarrisonWednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
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Dear International Living Reader,
Couples dance the Tango in the parks. Lovers linger at sidewalk cafés. Street vendors offer everything from old photographs to vintage Victrolas and silver-handled facons (the knives of the gauchos).
San Telmo, Buenos Aires’ most fabled neighborhood, is the heart of all things Argentine. Yet Lee Harrison found a $60,000 apartment nearby. See what else he found below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living
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Date: 04/11/2008Saturday, April 12, 2008
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Residential prices in Buenos Aires have been rising since 2003. Today, prices for apartments are at an all-time high, and I’d say it’d be foolish to think about buying one from a pure investment perspective. However, B.A. is a market unto itself...and a relatively small one in this vast country.
Look beyond it to Argentina’s interior. Productive land is the buy today. I find vineyards a good choice, with good profit potential. You won’t likely see your investment double in a year, but the values can be excellent.
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Date: 02/22/2008Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
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Waking up every morning to a view of your own grape vines… The idea has an appeal…especially if someone else is tending the vineyard.
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Date: 01/09/2008
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Armed with my oversized map, I go in search of the final resting place of one of Latin America’s most influential women. Weaving my way around the narrow “streets” of Buenos Aires’ famous Cementerio de la Recoleta, I pass the impressive marble, granite, and bronze tombs of some of Argentine society’s elite. I soon realize that the easiest way to find the relatively modest, flower-strewn, black marble tomb of Eva Perón (or Evita, as she was more affectionately called) is to follow the steady flow of people heading to the top left corner of the cemetery.
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Date: 11/30/2007
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How to Get a Big Retirement From Little Celebrations
Date: 11/17/2007
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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When we first moved to Argentina in 1981, Vicki and I had to learn to live without telephones, without checking accounts, sometimes without electricity or water. We adjusted, partly because we celebrated every success we had. Now Argentina boasts all those things, but we still remember the celebrations.
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