before we start...

So you make this decision to come to London and you start getting ready for the big move and then you realise you are changing your whole life and that makes you pause momentarily and think, hmmm... why exactly do I want to go to London again? What do I know about England anyway?

I came up with this random list of pop culture references that make me feel good about our decision:

Enid Blyton, Oscar Wilde, Alice in Wonderland, afternoon tea, Nick Hornby, Little Britain, Badly Drawn Boy, Hugh Grant, The Famous Five, The Goodies, Britpop, the Sadler Wells ballet school, Absolutely Fabulous, What Not to Wear, Cold Comfort Farm, I Capture the Castle, mittens, Press Gang, Adrian Mole, Kate Moss, This Life, roses, guards at Buckingham Palace, posh people at boarding school, Roald Dahl (and Sophie), the Beatles and the Stones, the Blitz, Winnie the Pooh (old style of course)

but I fear my expectations may be slightly unrealistic!