I’ve done a lot these past few days. We found an apartment, so I don’t have to live out of a suitcase anymore! It’s beautiful, spacious, well-lit, very close to the obelisco and the Teatro Colon. There is a great balcony which overlooks a pedestrian street, so it’s very tranquil. The kitchen is small but […]

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“I´d like to check in my bags… I´m going to Buenos Aires.¨ It felt weird to say those words at the check-in counter, but I said them. When she handed me my boarding pass I started to cry with excitement. Fast forward past a boring plane ride…
Mi Amor meets me at the airport and takes […]

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Last week I was taking a walk with some friends in Florence, and wondering if I was doing the right thing by going to Buenos Aires for a month. I thought outloud, “I hope I’m on the right path…” and as soon as I said it, I looked up and realized we were walking […]

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Since I’ll be in Buenos Aires for over a month, I was googling around such topics as “living in Buenos Aires”, etc., to get some various perspectives on the city since I’m not going as a usual tourist. I mean of course I’ll do some touristy things, but for the most part I’m going […]

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I’m trying to think of a good term to describe the mix between Castellano and Italiano that I speak. So I came up with Castetaliano. Clever, huh. It’s not that I purposely do it, but when I try to form sentences in Spanish, I end up thinking in Italian, or […]

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One night in November, at a milonga in a town called Terni, I was taking a break from the dancing and having a chat with my friends Helaine and Nando. All’improvviso (suddenly), Nando looked and me and said, “Tina - sai che cosa mi piace di te? Da tutte le donne nelle milonghe qui, tu […]

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