Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236Right, well...through the mental fog of a mild but persistent "Erm, so why am I here exactly?" feeling, I'm writing my story. It started with a voluntary redundancy scheme. My employer, the University of Leeds in the UK, offered its staff voluntary redundancy, and, much as I loved it there, the timing was right to do something different. So, I've come to live in Buenos Aires, Argentina for a few months.I don't speak any Spanish (apart from an occasional and hesitant "Una Coca-Cola, por favor" followed an hour later, when I realise I really do need to go, by an even more hesitant "Dónde está el baño?"). Thankfully, I've got some Spanish classes here in BA starting next week. Will say more about those later.In the meantime, here's how I got here.I flew with
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