The Mezzanine

How weird will it be when you return home with a new sproglet, after having left as a newlywed? :-)

I'm nodding along as I read your list...and would like to add

Won't Miss:
- Smoking! Oh my god EVERYWHERE. In restaurants, newsagencies, blah. Yuck. We were shown to a non-smoking area...an odd little glass room which supposedly kept us away from the floating smoke. Mm-hmm... :-/

- the huge temperature difference between outdoors and in- twenty layers to go out into the snow, and then having to peel off every last one when entering any building, as the heating was cranked up. Then pile it all back on when you want to leave.

- the notion that ordering tapwater with your meal is odd- Asking for 'just water' with our meal, we were given (small and expensive) opened bottles of sparkling mineral water, which we don't drink. Why would you want water from a tap? You can't drink that. Now you have to pay for the bottles, we've opened them.
Arghle.

-fresh produce including meat being imported from other countries.

- a cleaner stationed in the public toilets, who stands there kinda stalkery, closing the cubicle door right after the person in front has left, so you then have to pay her to unlock it for you. o_O

I also found myself missing Aussie television, even though I don't really watch any 'Aussie' shows. Just not hearing the accent, or even American shows, was a bit odd after a while.

Definitely still missing the food, though. Also, the extremely friendly French country folk- complete strangers (including surly-looking teenagers) greeting you as though they know you.

Looking forward to having all three of you back in the country soon! :-)
Have fun being THOSE people on the plane, who travel with a screaming baby... :-D