Back home

So, I'm back home. Yes, I had a great time, thank you. Highlights included Casa Loma in Toronto, the old city in Montreal, the city walls of Quebec, the Met, MoMA and most of the rest of New York, and the Grand Canyon. It was also cool to catch up with some people: Mike, who admitted he was quite drunk when he made this extreme comment, Whitney, and her lovely boyfriend Shane (who drove from New Hampshire to New Haven just to see me - thanks guys), and my brother and sister-in-law (who gave me a look at the Phoenix zoo from the inside). I might put some pictures up if I ever get around to working out why the hard drive can't locate the scanner. I took nearly thirteen rolls worth, so there's heaps of good ones.

(Yes, I have an antique film-type camera, which apparently no longer exist in technologically advanced places, like Japan. A customs officer at Narita airport shoved aside various medicines in my carry-on bag and waved the camera at me urgently. "Where screen? Where screen?" He then closely investigated my mini-torch before a more senior customs officer told him to stop being so bloody-minded about stuff and let me go.)