London-isms

• They don't lay-by here.  Fullstop.  They don't even understand what the concept is.
• Poundland only sells things for £1, unlike the Dollar Shops in Aus
• "Hi, how are you going?" is ALWAYS met with a blank stare and silence.  They don't know what you're asking.  Try "Are you alright?" instead
• UK gogglebox is terribly unfunny compared to the Aussie version.  Also no eye candy.
• Online shopping here is set up so well.  You can buy online and pick up instore, you can have it delivered next day or elect a specific time and date for delivery.  You can get your groceries delivered.  You can get refunds for most things no questions asked.  If you need to return anything there are multiple ways of doing this and they are all free for the consumer.
• For someone who is petite with wide feet, I can actually buy clothes and shoes that fit me well here.  A number of retailers have petite lines of clothing and wide fit shoes.
• Food in general is pretty bland.  For a good feed I'll choose an ethnic restaurant (any ethnic restaurant from Chinese to Lebanese to Thai).
• Coffee is rubbish.  I'm trying (slowly) to switch to tea
• I know I've said it before but public transport here is reallllllly good and efficient and quick
• You can pay for public transport by just tapping your credit card instead of tapping your Oyster card on the card reader things
• Always take an umbrella.  Always. Take. An. Umbrella.
• There is so much on - every day.  I absolutely love that.  I've always been a big city person, can't ever imagine myself living in the country.  And I often felt like even Sydney wasn't big enough.  On a rainy weekend there wasn't much to do.
• Oreos taste better in London.