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

"Stansted Airport currently closed, Heathrow Airport currently closed, Luton and London City Airport closed, Gatwick Airport is not accepting any more airplanes at the moment" - this announcement might not be of particular interest, when you are sitting on your sofa or having a nice cappuccino in a cosy cafe, if you are airborne and heading towards London you might think differently. Sentences by our pilot like "We have enough fuel on board" and "we will reduce speed and hope Stansted Airport ground

     Every year, nearing the end, I would go on my lone hunt for London's "other Pride" (other than "London Pride") - "Fuller's Vintage Ale" - released that same autumn, which has been an "institution" amongst Ale lovers for 12 years now. No exception two months ago: I hunted it down from my local Waitrose. As if to compensate for the "action-less" Boxing Day (no mood & no-where for shopping), I conducted a "one-man vertical tasting panel" for the 2000 and 2008 versions of this Vintage Ale. Both are