A couple of cultural things too:

Diversity and inclusion being more embedded within the culture (not perfect, but lightyear from France for instance);

A good culture towards work (personal experience), Micro-managey environment were the exception not the norm; Not stuck in presenteeism

Varied & contained boroughs in London with their own identity; Strong cities outside of London; Massive wild preserved areas;

Old and new architecture are really well paired up;

Green public parks without that weird dusty gravel like many urban park have;

Help us support this cause by:
• Widely sharing our press releases through our social media posts
• Participating in the FA email campaign ⏩ linktr.ee/Actions_GGA_..., section
“Support campaign against the FA ban of trans women in women’s football”

[3/6]

Re: the sabbatical, what worked for my partner and I 2 years ago, was to just book the transport and planned around. As we grew more confident and saved, we’d book hotels etc.
It was stressful sometimes aligning work, especially coming back, but it worked out in the end & had a blast! 100% do it!