Return to Blighty - Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, England

Well, it is with some sadness that we bid farewell to the Asia part of our journey. For us though, it was time to come back and we had been looking forward to it for a couple of months. There is only so long that you can live out of a little backpack, and keep moving all the time.
Michelle arrived back in England about 3 days before me, as she wanted to get back in time for her Mum's birthday. Her Mum asked if she wanted to go out for Sunday Roast lunch, which Michelle promptly declined. We have eaten out for 3 meals a day over the last 14 months - one thing we really missed was HOME COOKING. So, Michelle managed to tell me all about her amazing home cooked roast beef dinner while I was still eating rice and noodles in Bangkok. No worries though, I was soon back for fish'n'chips, curries and meat pies along with some tasty roasts too.
We did experience culture shock on returning!!!! Mainly due to the incredibly high prices of everything. We could live on £25 ($50) a day easily in Asia. That includes food, accomodation, transportation, drinks, entertainment, etc. Now, all that buys is a meal in the pub. Needless to say, we haven't been eating out much.
It's was really good to meet up with Michelle's family again, and they are as hospitable as ever. Staying again at her sister Jacqueline and brother-in-law Mark's lovely house in Bromsgrove. It's hard to believe that it was a year ago that we were meeting them in Lake Como, Italy for their wedding! *Stub