MyExpat group blog roundup: the original Routemaster lives on - in Dubai Six weeks after London saw the launch of its brand-new Routemaster bus, I stumbled across an original model, dating back to 1962, in an unlikely location: a residential community in Dubai... In rainy London for a few days and feeling homesick for Spain, I popped by Gail's bakery in St John's Wood, for a coffee and croissant and was asked if I had a loyalty card. When I explained that I didn't because I lived in Majorca, the woman at the counter cheerfully broke into Spanish... This weekend, Catherine Bennett warned British citizens in The Observer, "Don't be suckered by the siren call of the expat idyll." Bennett called upon statistics suggesting that 40 per cent of Britons would emigrate "if they could" and mocked wealthy tax-dodgers who "like to dwell...on how vastly superior to benighted Britain is their adopted home in Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Malaysia, Saudi etc." ... Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey: covering fresh grounds Ahh, the sweet smell of freshly ground coffee beans, the inviting gurgle of an espresso machine and the plink of a spoon placed by your cup - is there anything better?