I’m back!

Well, a lot can happen in a week, I guess. I think I've put on about half a stone (7 lb, or 3 kg) in Italy. I'm not going to stay at my machine long now because I'm shattered, and I'm not going to get all political straightaway, but you know that's coming, right? But also coming is some dumb fun stuff and part 3 of my cinema post.

I'm really looking forward to catching up with what people have been writing in my absence, too (though this is the point when I'm happy that many of my fave blogs don't update as frequently as I do...).

We have taken lots of pics in Italy -- somewhere in the region of 400, I guess -- and I daresay some will make their way here. Many others will probably just go on a Flickr account, so I'll keep you all informed. I'll also go through all the comments you've left and reply to them one and all (well, those that I can find, anyway).

Looking forward to getting back into the saddle.