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Thanks! I didn't stay at Belmond either, the Mercasur was $130 for a 5-star including a very good breakfast spread. The $400-500 you save can be far better spent on taxis, meals, generous tips etc especially if you're just dumping your bag and crashing for the night. If my family was traveling...

Huge thanks to everyone for talking me into Iguazu, holy bananas that place is awesome and not at all like Niagara. I did almost no planning but had a fantastic time in less than 24 hours. I was schedule to land around 4:30pm yesterday and start with the full moon tour, but flight was delayed...

Fairly simple stuff, rebuilding cracked/broken teeth. He had no trouble with that and really honest when I asked about veneers, said something like "I constantly have to talk patients out of veneers because other dentists recommend them. It's a longer and more expensive process and you don't...

I sure hope you're right! My brother and I spent a couple of weeks in Russia in 2002, had a wonderful time and really liked the people.

Interesting perspective as always, Vince. Foreigners usually make all the early money in stock markets in places like Argentina because they're not emotional or anchored to past debacles going back decades. Locals have trouble buying into a recovery until it's obvious to the whole world. That...

I had almost forgot about Tango, thank you! I will visit San Telmo this Sunday and make sure to catch a show.

I haven't tried the pizza yet probably because of the restaurants we've been going to, but I will definitely do so before leaving. I actually don't like the super thin NY style pizza, everyone raves about it these days but I find it a bit bland regardless of ratings or "yeah but you haven't XYZ...

Ha! Very true Wally, seems to be my North Star in BA.

El Mirasol was great, had that old school feel like Sottovocce. Definitely a business lunch place during the week, everyone was well dressed. It was packed. Haven't been to a bad restaurant yet, all the recommendations here have been excellent. A couple of dishes we tried were a bit bland...

I'm sure you're right Mike and it's easier to have perspective when living afar or being able to move easily if things get really difficult. I think when you live in a place like this with your family and business life firmly planted in it, you feel a lot more trapped and worry about the...

More great neighborhoods and restaurants! We walked all over Chacarita yesterday afternoon which was wonderful, stopped at a couple of good cafes and ate lunch at Esquina. Dinner was at Gran Bar Danzon which is a great spot. As usual we were leaving just as the place was revving up with...

I've been walking and biking all over central BA the past week and you can't help but notice the number of condo construction projects. In Palermo there's practically one on every block, sometimes several. If you hadn't read all the bad news about the Argentinian economy you would think this...

Thanks everyone for the responses and additional recommendations, I sincerely appreciate it.

Great recommendation, I'll see if we have time! Unfortunately I have not adjusted to the late night culture at all, I've just been an early riser for far too long. We are always leaving dinner before the place even gets crowded. We actually got back from the football game at 12:30am and that...

That's a good question, I would say the Ecobici app is the one negative. I could never have figured it out on my own, and it took my local friend using his own passport, credit card and DNI to get it done on my phone. Once you get it the app works great every time, never had a problem getting...

No problem, I posted the link above. If you check AirBnB Experiences and click on Sports it's mostly soccer games that pop up. There is also LandingPadBA.com, seems like their main commercial activity is arranging these tickets. We are going to another game this weekend!

Thank you! I sure hope to come back with family, I think they will love it as well.

Now that I think of it, I got Dr Meta's name from that article so thank you Betsy! I later looked him up on the State Dept website. There are several AirBnB links for soccer but here's the one we used this week...

And there you go, one more excuse to return to Sottovoce. Thanks Mike!

Can't believe what a blur this trip has been. It's my first vacation without family so I did a lot of planning to make sure I wasn't ever bored, but it is hard to be bored here and I've probably been trying to do too much. Most days start at Moshu Treehouse for coffee, followed by taking an...