Have FINALLY bought ticket to Buenos Aires! It seemed every day I delayed--the price went up! Proably because when I first searched tickets, it was during the HOT season. Now that it's cooled down a bit, I suppose its a more popular tourist destination. ANYhoo...I'm leaving from NEWARK (it's cheaper than JFK) for BUENOS AIRES on April 29th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... read more

Step 8 Once you have your fingerprints and the Statement of no criminal record these 2 documents must be legalized by your local Argentine Consulate. Which is, of course, all the way down in NYC. You decide to look on the webpage for info about legalizing these documents. You go to the consulate site, switch the language to English, click on legalization of documents and it ikeeps switching back to Spanish the text IS ONLY IN SPANISH. There is nothing clickable in English on this website about documents. ARG. VERY VERY FRUSTRATING. You speak Spanish pretty well, well enough to order lunch and/or take the bus but these are legal documents here. I don't understand a good percentage of it. You guess you'll compose an email to the address provided asking them if they do legalize ... read more

Step One- Find your Birth Certificate Step Two- Call your local FBI. Ask about finger-printing. At which point they'll tell you: Yes, we can mail you the fingerprinting cards and a sheet listing what to do. I naively ask " may I come in and get finger-printed?" no, they just send out the cards. You'll have to call your local Police Department for that. (silly me, it can't all happen in the same building w/ the same agency). Step Three- You call the local PD-- they say "we're here 24/7" You go in on a Friday at 3pm. They tell you "an officer will be right with you." (You, naively think; "great, someone will be right with me." ) You wait and wait and wait and wait. There isn't anything to read, you wish you had ... read more

Apples-- esp. the golden kind that are crispy and juicy when you bite into them Bagels-- mostly warm cinnamon raisin ones with cream cheese and secondly the onion flavored ones with smoked salmon or lox and cream cheese and onions. Things I Will Not Miss in Honduras: Bananas & Pineapples -- as I hear there are a ton of these, fresh, great quality and cheap Beans-- see above mmm black beans, red beans, refried beans The Frigid Freezing Cold Long Long Winter--I have had enough of theis terrible biting, depressing notheast winter. Give me exotic tropical weather anytime. Skyhigh Prices--How expensive is to live and how I can't afford to buy anything--ever.... read more