Silvia meet me when I arrived at the apartment and gave me a complete tour of my home away from home where I would be staying for the next month. Silvia speaks very good English and was able to give me directions to all the places that I wanted to go such as grocery stores, pharmacys, restaurants and local attractions. And everything is so close to her apartment. There are restaurants everywhere. It is a short walk to the Recoleta Cemetery and the park areas that surround it, taxis are available all the time and easy to get on the street and it is only a few blocks from the Subway (Subte).

Her apartment is exactly like it is shown in the pictures. And I mean exactly. It is spotlessly clean and on the fourth floor of an older European style building with the old style elevator - very charming indeed. The area has a strong European flavour. Most of the buildings in this area are 8-12 stories tall with a lot of the older style buildings. Buenos Aires is a very large city so there is lots of traffic but easy to get around. Recoleta is said to be the safest part of Buenos Aires and I must agree totally. I always felt totally safe. I walked for at least 2 hours daily in all different directions and never saw a problem. And there were a few nights that I walked back to my apartment late at night and the streets were always safe in Recoleta.

Silvia lives just a short distance away so if there are any issues, she is there right away to solve them. I had a tap that loosened on me - nothing serious at all but Silvia had the plumber in right away to have it checked and repaired. She gave me her telephone number so that if I wanted anything at all, she was there to help. She is a charming person and a new friend. I will always remember my month in Buenos Aires at Silvia's apartment. It was truly a wonderful time and Silvia helped to make it that way. I plan on returning to Buenos Aires some day and will definitely stay at Silvia's apartment again.

Gracias Silvia for everything. All the best. Adios - Bernie