We Moved!

The 6-month lease for our apartment in Palermo ended June 30th, and we had made the decision that we were not going to continue renting there a month earlier for various reasons. The reasons we decided to move were mainly 3: the price was too high, Jill’s commute to was too long, and our landlords, frankly, sucked. So the search began! We posted on Craigslist and other BA apartment websites, looked at lots of apartments online and went to visit a few as well. Of the ones we visited we decided on an apartment in San Telmo, only blocks from the apartment where we spent our first month here. It’s a much smaller apartment and we share it with another couple, but the price is half what were paying in Palermo, Jill can walk to almost all of her classes from home, and the landlord seems like a friendly, reasonable (and gay!) man. It also has high ceilings which are ideal for Sara to juggle inside on a rainy day.

So now we’ve been here a few weeks and both feel really happy with the move. Even though it’s small our housemates are great, their names are Kate and Shawn and they are from the UK, they have been here for only a few months less than us and are also teaching English. We’ve had dinner together a few times, getting to know each other and hanging out- they seem like great people. Another perk is that now we have a blender! We’ve been making smoothies every day, and pureeing up all kind of sauces and soups. And a coffee maker! Which means Jill can make real coffee and not sit there and hold a plastic funnel over her mug for 10 minutes while the water strains through.

And we are falling in love with San Telmo again, with more perspective and appreciation this time. The cobble stone streets, cute cafes, and old San Telmo market have been nice to explore again. And we’re branching out to see other nearby (and more Argentine) neighborhoods like Barracas and La Boca as well. We also live right next to Puerto Madero, the newest neighborhood in BA that is as much on the water as you can be here. It is pristine, upscale (not something we love about it) and only accessible by 4 bridges that stretch across a man-made canal coming off the river. It’s a nice place to take walks on the weekends, as it’s filled with people then and also it has the ecological reserve where you can see the river (and Uruguay on a clear day).

So we leave you with some pictures of our new place.