sebbo on tour - around the world

The initial struggles and doubts ceased after some 3 days into the trip, by then I was able to wrap my head around things to start exploring and really dive into the adventures at hand.  We discovered some of the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, which gave us quite some European vibes in a lot of places, based out of our AirBnB in the hipster area of Palermo. Distances can be long in this metropol of approx. 15 million people,    walking only gets you this far and we figured out the public transportation being a convenient and affordable way to get around, of course Uber does the trick, too. Old city parts of San Telmo, the famous area of Boca including the legendary Boca stadium, a tango show and of course red wine and meat of all sorts (as a vegetarian Diana was struggling with options, sandwiches, pasta and papas fritas being the common go-to-meals). Also, Argentineans don‘t really seem to care for the quality of coffee - going for a coffee is more of an excuse to meet a...

Long have I been wanting to go on a sabbatical break, for many of you it was the main topic I’ve been talking about and at times it was a rocky road at to get it through at work, many struggles it took but eventually my perseverance paid off and here I am now wishing you a happy new year from the Southern hemisphere, Buenos Aires in Argentina :) Especially the last days at work and then again before the actual departure on Dec 30 I‘ve faced quite some mixed and overwhelming feelings, last-minute stress, fears of leaving my comfort zone and the well-established structures, shutting down my computer (never had I even thought this could be so difficult!) and actually saying good-byes and see-you-soons to colleagues, friends and family (I‘m very grateful for having had the christmas break plus some additional days with you and though I do believe that time will fly: I will miss you all!!) - off to the uncertain and unknown, with the plan to spend up to six months in South America and Antar...