Judith and Milton Rivas’ 11th floor four room apartment was a nice place to stay for several reasons. First, Milton met us upon our evening arrival and kindly helped us get our bags up to the 11the floor from the last stop of the elevator on the 10th floor. He then carefully and patiently walked us through the 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom, explaining all of the equipment and quirks including the temperamental shower. The next morning, Judith arrived with a a bountiful basket of delicious Argentinian pastries for our breakfast and we had a nice, brief chat.

Both Judith and Milton emphasized that we could count on Pepe, the concierge/doorman for information and advice about Buenos Aires and site seeing, and boy, were they right. He was a charmer, a sage, a raconteur and a font of all knowledge, history and tales. We enjoyed him thoroughly and will remember him always.

The apartment is well situated some 2 blocks from bus stops going to Recoleta, Palermo and Mataderos and near the Subte to get to San Telmo, and walking distance to downtown and to the Teatro Colon. Around the corner is a small “supermarket” where we were able to purhase our breakfast makings.

Judith was a great email correspondent prior to our arrival and informed me that she was just initiating the use of these apartments for guests other than her foreign language students so we left her a bunch of suggestions about inexpensive items that could enhance the apartment even more.

We very much enjoyed our stay in this apartment. Pepe, the location, the wifi, the kitchen - all made for a very nice stay.