How can

a wood burning stove made at a foundry in Asturias cost 2500 euros in Spain but only £1200 in the UK;
a Wii cost the same in both countries;
peanut butter cost 3.5 euros for a same sized jar that costs 90p in the UK;
a second hand 4x4 cost 5000 euros in Galicia but £1500 in the UK;
car parking be free in 99% of places in Galicia and cost a blooming fortune pretty much everywhere in the UK;
a 10 minute filling for an 8 year old cost 60 euros and a few months later a 45 minute filling for the same boy at the same dental surgery cost 20 euros and either would have cost nowt at all in the UK;
corn on the cob cost loads and be hard to get fresh in Galicia despite them growing masses of it, and be cheap as chips in the UK;
corn off the cob be cheap in both countries;
there be no road tax in Galicia;
4 rechargeable batteries on their own cost 4 euros more than the same 4 rechargeable batteries in a pack complete with a battery charger;
I get to sleep?