Its the beginning of a New Year.
While many people think of the beginning of a New Year as a time to turn over a new leaf; try to make it as a new person, break old habits, shed dead pounds, create goals, make resolutions, I have always enjoyed a beginning to a New Year for a different reason.
A New Year always brings with it new statistics. Well first there is always all the end of the old year reports, top 10 this, top 50 that, as a kid my fascination with "top" lists began and ended with the Billboard year end charts; what was the best song of 1994?!? I would think about it for weeks. As I listened to the year-end broadcast, and when it wasn't Mariah Cary singing about a Hero, or All-4-One swearing about something, I knew my prediction would be right, Ace of Base's The Sign would take the 'Top Song' spot of 1994.
But, what does this have to do with Buenos Aires? Well, luckily I grew up, stop listening to Ace of Base, but I never lost my fascination with all the year end lists, charts and reports. While I couldn't tell you what the top song of 2007 was, I did see some "top lists" at the beginning of 2008 which made me very excited!
The International Herald Tribune recently published "the 53 places to go in 2008" as a travel enthusiast and small business owner in Argentina, I was thrilled to see Buenos Aires make the list at the 27th spot. The International Herald Tribune's raving about Buenos Aires, Argentina would have been enough for me, it would have satisfied my year-long longing for the "New Year" reports, it would have made me think I was a cleaver self-starter, clearly doing something right by starting a business in Buenos Aires, being in the right place at the right time, with the right ideas.
A few days later there was another surprise for me as I filtered through recent articles about Argentina. This surprise confirmed it, I was in the right place at the right time with the right ideas. The New York Times had published their 2008 list. It listed only 8 different destinations, broken down by categories, such as family, luxury, emerging, but the category I was so excited about was budget. Argentina was The New York Times chosen budget travel destination!
I had started the right business, while Buenos Aires provides a budget destination to live while learning Spanish, Gateway Argentina takes the thrill of living in Buenos Aires and brings it one step further, creating customized packages for its clients.
Our focus is to provide our clients the best of Buenos Aires, we have contracts with the cities best Spanish language schools, accommodation providers, travel services, volunteer agencies, and services geared towards foreigners. We use your requests and our trusted network of providers to create each individual the perfect program.
So make your New Years resolution to learn Spanish!
Happy New Years! Feliz Año Nuevo!
-Gateway Argentina
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