I have completed my first day back "in the real world", and it sucks. I miss BA so much, I just can't get it out of my head, and certain girls have definitely kept a piece of my heart. All day I kept thinking what I had been doing exactly 48 hours before, and I found my real life sorely lacking. I have absolutely decided to change careers, to allow myself to live down there at least half time. I know that may sound drastic, but the place gets ahold of you and into your blood. It's the people, not just the working girls, that make me want to be there full time.

Overall, I think I had a pretty decent first trip, but I'll let you guys who have been there before be the judges of that. I intended to see three girls a day while there, but ended up having such long extended sessions, that I just wasn't physically up to it. I ate like a king, and I still lost weight from all the bedroom exercise. I did have at least two beauties a day, and went at least two rounds with all but a few. Some went even more, and I usually paid around 100 pesos per hour. That's less than I pay my mechanic. With the exception of one chica from Affaire, every one of the girls did their best to make me feel like I was their best, if not only novio. That is a great quality for this hobby, that I have found nowhere else in my travels.

I hope to meet at least some of you during Thanksgiving weekend, as the time spent with Leo and crew was a bonus. Even on the nights the action wasn't good, we had a decent time.

That's all for this trip, unless anyone has specific questions.

Hasta Noviembre Amigos!

EZE

I am glad you enjoyed yourself....cuidate, it is easy to fall in love in and with Buenos Aires.

I know what you mean about changing careers so you can live in BA half-time. The concept does not sound drastic to me, since I have done essentially what you are contemplating....Like you, after returning from BA for the first time I found life here lacking and started to search in earnest for ways to spend more time in BA while earning U.S. dollars.....

I haven't changed jobs so much as changed my present job to permit myself more time in BA....Next year I will be in Argentina more-or-less 20-25% time, hopefully 50% or more in 2004.....

If it were just the chicas we would be "certifiable"...but as you point out it is the people, the culture and the liveability of the city that make BA such a wonderful destination.

I am negotiating for a newly renovated one bedroom apartment in Recoleta in the same block as Patio Bullrich. If all goes well I will sign a lease on Nov. 20 when I return. This should serve nicely as my base of operations....chica central....

Favoritas will come and go...and life will still be good in Buenos Aires....a melt in your mouth factura or media lunes in the morning, washed down with a potent cafecita, a 15 minute taxi ride to my work place in Belgrano, a leisurely two hour lunch with workmates....let's see pollo? carne?....no today it will be sorrentinos, a delictable pasta much like a ravioli, washed down with vino tinto...back to work a couple of hours....home for a nap before heading out.....will it be amatuer night at a local disco, or one of the boliches in Recoleta or downtown, perhaps? Do I feel up to an all-nighter or will a "short" two hour session be enough? Brunette, red head, blonde? Blanca or a darker shade? Girl next door or modela? a 20 year old jovencita or a madurita of, say, 30 ? Life is so full of decisions.....

Ezeamante (the handle you selected my have sealed your destiny, amigo)I feel certain we will meet one day.....I will be the 50something white guy with a smile on his face and chica on his arm.....

EZEamante,

Thanks for a great series of reports. If you and EZY ever get together, BA will never be the same.

Thanks again,

Moondog

Ezy and Moondog,

I'm sure you both know by now that a large part of my initial attraction to BA was due to the information you both shared. In fact, by reading your reports, and following your advice to a certain extent, when I first arrived it felt like I was coming home, not seeing the place for the first time. I am certain that all of us will be sharing a glass of wine and reminiscing over our recent conquests in the near future. I am in the planning stages of 5 trips next year, mostly around the major US holidays, to maximize my vacation time. Hopefully you will be there during at least one of those trips.

As far as the career change goes, I have been accepted and will be returning to college for one year back to my original major, starting in Jan 2004. Engineering was growing stale anyway, and I will be doing something that allows me the freedom to live and work anywhere in the world, medical related. I had been contemplating this change for several months before going to Buenos Aires, because I wanted to do something that I know is helping people, something more rewarding at the end of the day. The idea of working for US dollars 6 months of the year, and semi-retiring for the rest of the year at age 45 pushed me over edge and got me moving.

Hell, I feel like I have a new lease on life since I returned. Working out, eating right, and all with my eyes on the prize.

Hasta que reunamos amigos!

EZE

Ezeamante: Changing careers because you can enjoy the lasses in EZE should be re-evaluated.

I know of EZE(.AR) from the time when one peso=uno dollares. I've also known of some of my reportee's staff who jumped ship to make it during the DOTCOM boom - Only to now go on the dole --

Argentina is European yet South American (in attidude yet different in work ethic).

Do a bit more in terms of fact-checking before moving semi-permanently to EZE.

I think if I were changing a careers simply to enjoy more women, I would be one of the biggest idiots I have ever met. I've been considering this move for quite some time, and it really has very little to do with Argentina (see last paragraph). I want to be able to come home at the end of the day and be able to say to myself that I made a difference in someone's life. There honestly isn't much opportunity for that in designing a better car part. The other major factor in my decision, was choosing a career that allowed me the freedom to live wherever I choose. The field I've chosen is needed all over the world, and I can work anywhere for whatever the local economy dictates. The field I'm in now is very restrictive, and there are only so many places in the world to work.

Thanks for your concern though.

EZE

EZE: Nobel gesture - A quality sorely missing in many folks in the G7 world.

Thanks for the great report.Will be in BA for the first time in January.Would you please post mayri's email address and also as I will be there a short time-would you reccommend an internet girl-many thanks