1. When your muffin-top looks like 2x the required amount of batter was used your friends should not let you go out in public wearing super tight low rise jeans and a too small tube top.

2. London fashion and makeup seems questionable – shorts over tights and so much caked on makeup the girls on the gypsy show look au naturale.

3. Everyone loves a drunk but in London they show up much earlier than we are used to.

4. Never stops amazing us how many words in English are not the same between us and the Brits, ie. bandaids are plasters

5. We are so big city people – nothing like a proper subway system and a variety of top notch restaurants.

6. Hotels.com ruled the roost in Europe but Agoda.com appears to be the champion of booking for Southeast Asia.