Another overnight flight, another rotten airline, this time AeroMexico. To quote from their chief executive in the in-flight magazine -

At a time rife with positive changes, I would like to reiterate our ongoing commitment to excellence for our passengers with a modernised fleet and corporate image and its attractive new routes such as Mexico City to Buenos Aires.

I can only think that they must have used up all their resources on the corporate image because the plane on the Mexico to BsAs leg was at leasdt forty years old, the service was dreadful, and the only thing that was reallyt essential - sleep - was denied by the flight team switching the lights on every hour to ensure maximum disruption.

However, my heart lifted on arrival in Argentina. The city of Buenos Aires is great. The sun was shining, there is very little pollution and the traffic is a breeze.

Of course the technology did not work. Neither Blackberry nor WiFi nor Internet connection but thanks to the team and especially Carola at Design Ce hotel who, against all the odds on a Saturday, managed to find me a working computer on which to write this. And the point of the title of this blog is that the designer and owner, Ernesto Goransky, owner, designer and manager of this hotel studied at the Architectural Association in London and knew one of my cousins and a number of acquaintances. If you are ever in Buenos Aires this place gets my vote for trendiest design and most helpful people.