It's funny, any time you go on a trip your friends and family all tell you how life changing it's going to be. One phrase that comes to my mind as I sit on a bar stool in merry old England is what my mother said to me the last time I saw her. It was at her house during dinner last Sunday. One of those dinners mothers have so they can stay connected to their middle aged little boys. "Oh, your eyes will open up wide and you'll love the world! She had said to me over mouthfuls of liver and garlic mashed potatoes.