Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 01:24PM 
The first goal once I arrived in Buenos Aires was to find an apartment. While I looked relentlessly on craigslistfrom my hostel the first 2 mornings, my friend Carolina helped me look for places at PisoCompartido.com. Once I found a few places that fit my criteria, she helped me call. When people started talking to fast in Spanish I would hand the phone off to her like she was my manager at a call center.
I ended up looking at 4 places and corresponding with at least a dozen others. After two straight days of hunting I decided on an apartment in Recoleta with two awesome Columbians named Sergio and Mariangela (cousins). Sergio, 26, works in Real Estate, studied advertising at the University of Palermo and loves futbol (favorite team in Buenos Aires is Velez). Mariangela, 25, studies visual arts at the University of Cine and lovesBikram yoga. I hope to go to the matches with Sergio and take yoga with Mariangela!
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Are you living with an Amish family?? or you want your mother to think that you are a good boy?
I hope you´re fine. Despite you are living with to colombians I hope you can catch/learn the "porteño" accent: callllllllllllleeee, lllllllllllllllllaveeeeeeee! boludo!
PS: Carolina??? Who´s that girl? (Madonna dixit)
Oh this is the best picture I have yet!! You look stunning:) Can't wait for more pictures with the roomies!
Congrats on the Roomies! (felicitaciones por la roomates!)
Mariangela kinda looks like an Ashaley
Just so you know, Bikram yoga is a lot different than what you on the roof at the W hotel!! Its's HOT yoga... pretty intense.. I hate it :))) Good luck!
This is awesome hahaha
Digging the sweater around the neck look? Is that "townie" garb...or straight up G. Leonard?
Yo didnt that one guy live down the hall from us freshman year. What was his name Chris 120lbs.
Can you send me a postcard with a topless Canadian? WTF LOL JK no i am not send it!
You came to Argentina, but you seem to be more surrounded by Colombians after all... Hope you stick to following these omens and get to visit our country soon, too. You will be very welcome and we'd be more than happy to walk it around with you... but remeber, there is a risk... a risk you might not want to go back home after having seen the beauty of our existence.
I love this picture! Although, I'm wondering how many Quilmes did you have to give Mariangela before she posed for this picture?! Sergio is great and you can tell he couldn't help but try to hold in his laughter while standing for the pics. I hope you enjoy Argentina. B. Aires is an awesome city and you're surrounded by two great room mates. Salud!
When I saw that first picture with your hair parted and a sweater tied around your neck - I actually spit out my ginger ale... laughing that is!!!
Can I post an ad on your website? my one bedroom apartment in RECOLETA is available for rent, as from now (Dec 2009) to April 2010
:)
Luisa
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