OKinUK Blog

What I missed about the UK when I am overseas?  Obviously this question is answered very easily while travelling and being back home in Mexico City.  The differences are so obvious and the comparisons so inevitable!

To start with, I missed very much how green England is.  Although there is pollution, especially in London, it cannot be compared with the amount of smog in Mexico City, which so dusty.  Understandably, it is part of the vast North American land which is mostly arid , but add to it the

I arrived in the UK on the 2^nd day of the year in 1999.  What a memorable date.  My life will change forever but I didn't know it at that stage.  After all, I was just a student coming for only 3 months.  When people ask me how long I have been living in the UK, I can't escape any longer the admiration in their faces and sometimes the jaw dropping.  Yes, 10 years is a long time and I guess an achievement.   Sometimes, I even don't know how I can possibly have stayed for so long and how fast time has

Yes, it's here again.  My first ever visit to Britain was at this time of the year, eleven years ago when I came to spend Christmas with friends in London.   On those days, it seemed like an amazing dream come true: The romantic vision of a European, cosy and snowy place full of incredible decorations.  After all, Christmas was born in Europe, so it had to be amazing.  I had a great time, no doubt about it but I must admit, I wasn't impressed.  It's an opinion shared with other Mexicans living here.  To