Lee & Daughters - 李氏商行

Bananas, bananas and more bananas seem to lead the way for Fairtrade products.

These days, all sort of grocers sell produce coming from an ethical provenance and providing guarantee that the farmers have received a a decent payment for their harvest. This scheme is applied to the so-called third world producing Countries, mainly in the form of South Africa, Caribbean and South American countries. Given the recent economics dynamics it would be debatable if some of these countries can be classified as a third world anymore but I guess that is another conversation. We know the Fairtrade has worked for fruits as well as other products like coffee and chocolate. It is only needed to visit a Starbucks branch to realize that the are sourcing responsibly their beans and if it has worked with coffee drink, would it work with wine?

When it snows in London, the city sunk into total transport chaos.

There is no way to move around with buses or any sort of public transport,

Why would someone decide to get on a horse and fight windmills? I do not see a reason for it, but this story is one of the main elements in one of the most published books worldwide: Don Quixote. Things may have changed since its first publication 400 years ago, but the region where it happens, La Mancha, still retains a lot of tradition. The area has preserved traditional ways of living and proudly producing one of the most consumed Spanish cheese in the world - Manchego!