One thing that struck me is that smoking is allowed in such places. You cannot smoke indoors at any venues in the UK since many years back.

Same in Ukraine, you cannot smoke in any public place (even at the bus stop).

Basil and I missed the initial announcement and ended up as some of the last on board.

It was so nice to met you and Basil in the airport. If it wasn't for my daughter who saw that they had changed the gate and boarding had begun... We were among the last, with our Priority Passes 😅😅