My Photo

Other Places on the Web to find TangoSpam

  • Tango Thoughts
    Jenney Surelia has a great tango blog called Tango Thoughts. I have a weekly column that is called "Tia Deby." Jenney is based in London and both teaches tango and holds a very popular milonga. You can also access Jenney on Facebook. She can email you her newsletter directly if you contact her. The content is excellent - and not just because I am a part of it!
  • London Tango
    Arlene Toth is an American living in London for 20 years. She is active on the London tango scene and has a witty tango blog. From time to time I am a guest commentator on her blog.

Other Blogs About Tango and Argentina

  • Expose Buenos Aires: Events, Attractions, Apartments, Culture, Spanish, Tours, News, and How To information
    Matt is Canadian. He decided to write a blog that would give people information that just maybe they can't find in the guidebooks. His blog is well thought out and easy to read.
  • Fourpointreport
    Recently moved to Buenos Aires with his Argentine with Fred provides headlines and a point of view.
  • Seashells and Sunflowers
    The adventures of Katie who moved from the suburbs of Philadelphia to Necochea in Argentina.
  • Good Morning BA
    Samuel has reinvented himself as the "concierge" of Buenos Aires. His site has everything a visitor and new person to Buenos Aires might imagine.
  • sallycat’s adventures
    The tale of yet another foreign woman coming to Buenos Aires to seek fame as a tango dancer. She writes of her experiences learning to dance better and of her Argentine partner.
  • Tangoscopio
    This blog is in Spanish. It is written by Guillermo a young Argentine who dances tango. If you read Spanish you will find it delightful to read as it is from the point of view of one who was born here in Buenos AIres.
  • Sugar & Spice
    Frank has been here since 1999. He is one of the most success full immigrants. He runs a cookie factory. His cookies are sold all over Buenos Aires in the largest supermarkets. We are very proud of him. His blog is a commentary on his life here in Buenos Aires.
  • An American Expat's Life in Argentina
    I want to be the flower girl at Peter's wedding. He has yet to indulge me in this fantasy. OK, I still adore him and Maria del Carmen, and his well written blog.
  • tangocherie
    Cherie is from LA is another ex-pat who has come here to live. We have different lives but they always seem to cross.
  • Suitcase on wheels
    This is no longer an active blog. I love this blog. I never met Matt but I felt like I met him from his blog. He writes from his heart. He has left Buenos Aires for Bariloche to start a new busines. In the end he left Argentina to go back to New Zealand. He still maintains the site Bloggers in Argentina. Maybe one day he will come back to us.

Bariloche May 2009

  • IMG_0246
    Amy and I went to Bariloche in May 2009. Here are some pictures from our trip.

=====


« Why do you want to live here?...Part II | Main | Dog Tales.....Part 1 »

January 30, 2007

Comments

Feed You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

Learn to speak spanish online

I worked in Singapore for 2 years, couldn't stand the place and the weather.

Back home now.

Know how you feel.

Janis Kenyon

I'm with you, Deby. My eight years in BsAs have been the happiest time of my life. I wouldn't leave for anything. I know more Americans who have stayed than those who have tried it and returned.

The adjustment to a new culture and language isn't easy, but worth every effort. Not everyone can, but those who do can be blessed as I am with a new family of Argentine friends.

Maria Marta

I love your comments about this subject - insightful as usual :)
I am in the study abroad business, so to speak, and every semester I have students who swear they will come back to live in BA after graduation. And many times I wonder, they lived here for 6 months and are completely fluent in spanish, and yet - do they really understand what it means to live here? I can only hope so...

Bill

I've read all 3 parts and agree (and relate to) most of it. I've been here for 9 months and soon to jet back to Canada.
Good and bad times in Arg, like anywhere else in the world. At least I've still got all my money etc..
I was thinking today that Arg is actually one of the most boring countries I've visted in Latin America (and I've been to most of them). That's not meant as an insult, just my personal opinion.

mafalda

Hola Deby, thanks a lot for your little episode of "Why do you want to live here?"!! I'm planning to move to Buenos Aires beginning of next year and I'm thinking all the day about almost everything you talked about. It's true, I'm not sure if I will stay there forever, but for me at the moment it's more important just to check it out. Otherwise I would never find out. And if life in Buenos Aires doesn't work for me, ok then I can go back home or somewhere else. I just love the city and would love to be part of it! And you are absolutely right, the most important point is the willingness to learn spanish and to get in contact to local people and the local culture and daily living! Hope to meet you one day in Buenos Aires! :-)

Diego

I was born and raised in Argentina from a Canadian father. At the age of 14 my family immigrated to Canada. Interesting enough, the phases you mention (honeymoon, etc.) happens to any expat, whether they settle in Argentina, Canada or Indonesia. There are even studies about this issue (I remember reading that immigrants go through something like four phases).

After a few months in Canada, really hits newcomers merciless. Finding a job in one's related-field is not as simple as one imagined, same luck with the homologation of their studies, etc. etc...

I could assure that a good chunk of newcomers regret their decision after living in Canada for one year. However, why most of them won't? A good answer would be that emigrants from the called "developing world" see their emigration process a point of no return, a fatality, whereas expats like Americans, who emigrate more for the adventure than anything else, would never have the patience to endure what quite a few immigrants have to endure in the US.

Que tengas muy buena vida en Argentina (seguro lo lograrás)

Verify your Comment

Previewing your Comment

This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.

Working...
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been saved. Comments are moderated and will not appear until approved by the author. Post another comment

The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

Working...

Post a comment

Comments are moderated, and will not appear until the author has approved them.

What the Press Writes...

  • TangoSpam makes the NYT!
    What a surprise! I was the only blog mentioned in this article on Buenos Aires.
  • Así nos bloguean
    No one was more shocked than me when a journalist from Clarin one of the two local newspapers in Buenos Aires wanted to interview me. Here is the article...in Español.
  • What the Washington Post has to say about Moving to Buenos Aires
    I think I am going to puke if I read another article on how ex-pats come here because it is cheap. These articles chronicle how mostly americans come here and act like celebrities with new found wealth.

Blogs Critic

  • Blog Critics
    You can find hundreds of blogs here. These are some of the best blogs in the world. You have to be asked to become a part of Blog Critics and they review your work before posting it. My posts to Blog Critic will not be the same posts as the posts to my blog. You can find me by typing in TANGOSPAM in the search.

Your email address:


Powered by FeedBlitz

Blog powered by TypePad

Translate This Page

  • Choose a Language

©Copyright TangoSpam

  • © Deby Novitz 2008TangoSpam all rights reserved. No parts of this blog may be reproduced without permission of the author. This blog may be linked to other blogs or websites. You may not copy, lift, or change any part of this blog without express written consent of the author.