I'm still experiencing a bit of jet lag, so let me just list my learnings during my trip (in bullet points).
1) Never buy luxury items from Singapore again, unless you are super desperate
2) Don't even bother buying Mango and Zara outside Spain, again unless you are desperate
3) Not every one knows Brunei, so just say you are from the far east, Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia
4) and most of the shop don't accept denominations above 50euros
5) 8 hours time difference from Sydney is a pain, my sleeping time is equivalent to the wakeup time for nick, his sleeping time is equivalent to my midday of work..haha
6) Rome to Firenze is 1hr 45mins, Firenze to Milano is another 1hr 45min
7) If you were to travel to France from Netherland, buy the ticket super early, because it gets expensive at the last minute
Many more I can share but I need to sleep
RR