The little things you notice...

As I set sail from home without a care in the world, I had no clue what some of the little luxuries on board ship would mean to me after a year in Antarctic. Here are just a few of the things that I've come to appreciate:

• Cheese that's never been frozen
• Different types of cheese
• Garlic cream cheese especially....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
  
• Fresh milk (it's UHT but still 1000 times better than the powdered stuff)
• Flora Magarine
• Not having to turn the shower off in between washes
• Decent sized mugs
• Plently of tomato ketchup and diet coke
• Soundproof walls
• Fresh fruit (obviously)
• Bottled beer, including ales and different lagers
• Just needing a jumper to go outside

There are, of course, things which I miss about Halley life already:

• Everything being free (except beer)
• Never having to peel vegetables (they all came in tins!)
• Most of all...my friends (summer folk) and family (winterers)