Please feel free to add to this list, or even better, volunteer your services :

• Sunday roast with all the trimmings inc. Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, roast potatoes and gravy (I’m salivating just writing this)
• Crumpets with butter and bovril
• Sausage and mash (not smash!)
• Homemade spaghetti bolognese with garlic bread and a bottle of red wine (worth more than $1)
• Baked beans with cheese on toast
• Cadbury’s chocolate (any kind)
• Tea and biscuits (think dunkers)
• Fruit and Vegetables (fresh)
• Hot curry (of any kind)
• English ale (in a real pub)
• Guinness (in a real pub)
• A long hot bath (alone)
• Choice of clean clothes (especially underwear)
• Bed with a soft mattress, clean sheets (and no bed bugs)
• Private bedroom (without testosterone induced teenagers)
• Decent internet connection (anything above 56K)
• Catching up with family and friends (over a bottle of wine, obviously)

Seeing a beetle taxis whiz past every two seconds was a good start.  Anybody cool enough to drive one of these hippy vehicles for a living is cool enough for us.  We started with a tour of the city on the usual open top bus.  The food on the street was delicious, albeit dripping with fat.  We had (to name but a few):

• chilpachole
• tortillas
• taquitos
• chimichangas
• empanadas
• tamaleschoriqueso
• glorias
• chorizo
• enchilada
• fajita
• flautas
• cocido
• fritadas de camaron
• cochinita pibil
• gringas
• gorditas

We definitely left carrying an extra inch (or two). 

I won’t write anymore but just let the pics speak for themselves.  A great stopover!