We learn so much as ex-pats – about the world around us, about ourselves, about societies – daily life is so much richer – you actually live in moments not the blur of days, weeks, months, years as we do here. And it becomes like one grand defining moment in your life – the year(s) you spend abroad.

I still get a kick out of the smallest things here that are different to me – “is that for here or to go” (and I want to say, you mean “to stay or to go”). It’s a hyper-awareness that will fade over time but not entirely.

Our year in Pakistan was like that – the smallest incidents were so major – and our eyes were opened to the hugeness of humanity to a degree I can’t even describe.

If every person on the planet could have an opportunity to do foreign-exchange, can you imagine what a more accepting world we’d be? Able to see things for other’s standpoints? It’s mind-boggling in its potential for compassion, understanding and acceptance.

The UK sounds fab – I’ve only done the Heathrow/Gatwick ground transfers and airport shopping – that hardly counts!