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Australia seems to have been our base for such a big part of this trip that we couldn’t quite believe that this was the last time we would fly here.  Cheap flights from Sydney to Buenos Aires were the reason for coming back and we thought we’d take this opportunity to come and harass Skanky for one last time.  As hospitable as ever she let us crash at hers for a few days and even got me my favourite and much missed pasta and pesto for our first night’s dinner.  The weather was great and we visited our old haunts and even ventured up onto the roof of Skank’s building for great views over Bondi.

The flight to BA was luxurious with extra leg room seats and telling anyone who’d listen that it was our honeymoon scored us several servings of champagne.  Despite watching 5 movies and many documentaries I hadn’t exhausted the choice of in-flight entertainment and the 13 hours went far too quickly for my liking.

BA is a beautiful city with great historical architecture and a strong sense of culture.  We explored the Sunday flea markets in the oldest part of town which were fantastic with local crafts, food, drink and street performers.  We walked what felt like the entire city trying to suss out the neighbourhoods we fancied living in for the next month while Mark does a bit more work to earn the money for this last leg of the trip. Staying in a homestay for a few days was really useful to pick the brains of the other english guys that had been here for several months.  We are now however happily installed in our lovely little 1 bed apartment in the Palermo Soho area of town.