Yesterday, I was flying above Europe (in a plane), and thinking. I was returning from an event which, for me, was quite an experience. I have met some European people there. Including one guy. And this guy, well, it's difficult to describe, but I guess we may become friends or something. Because we were there to do a job together, and we did, we were actually quite successful, the cooperation between us was very smooth, and it just feels like we have certain things in common, we share certain opinions, and, you know the feeling, right?

OK, so I was in this kind of mood. Something really good happened during the day, it all went very well, and suddenly I am in a plane, coming back home (with an amazing vision of landing at, like, 23.30 local time at Stansted and getting to bed at 2 am, duuuuh), and I am thinking. About life and stuff. And I realize that every trip to Europe brings me closer to the moment when I leave the UK.

Why. Because I miss Europeans. I miss normal European conversations, normal European human interaction. I mean roughly this. Usually, when I talk to a European, after few hours max I know all important stuff. I know what they like, how many kids they have, where they live, and which football club they follow. When I talk to a Brit, well... let's just say that for little more than 7 months now, I have been sitting next to a colleague (we are less than 2m apart), and I think he has two kids, because he has a picture of two kids on his desk. But I am not sure - as far as I know, they can be cousins/nieces. Because we never get any further than 'Hiya, you all right'.

See the contrast? In Europe, I meet someone next to a coffee machine, and we talk about walking dogs and world championship in skeleton and family affairs and the advantages of going to work by bike (or whatever random stuff is on our mind). In the UK, we say 'morning'. If they are particularly talkative that morning, they say something like 'it's quite cold outside'.

I know the reason why I came. I know why I still stay here. And I already know why I will leave one day.