Some people clip coupons in a recession. Others cut back on dining out. But not Matt and Rebecca. They buy a house and book a trip to Argentina.

Four months later, here we are. Just living la vida loca in the land of gauchos. We’ll use this space to tell of our travels, so check back regularly for updates.

In the spirit of saving money, we do get an A for effort. For a mere $400, we booked a roundtrip ticket to Buenos Aires. With one small asterisk – we had to fly out of JFK at 1 a.m. and take a side trip to Swine Flu central, aka Mexico City. Before taking off, we enjoyed our last meal at Matt’s mothership, Bobby Van’s Grill.

After a stop-over at sunrise in Mexico City…

…twenty-four hours after we left DC en route to New York, we arrived in B.A.

The excitement began as soon as we landed and realized lo and behold we had a Mexican pop star on our plane. Imagine los hermanos de Jonas. Airport employees of the female persuasion were losing it left and right and television crews and paparazzi lined up outside baggage claim.

A driver picked us up to take us to our home for the next 10 days. Fernando lived in Orlando for 5 years so his English was great (which also happens to be his favorite English word). Matt was judging the poor guy before he even got the ‘lando out of his mouth.