Woot! Am back from my travels. Now halfway through my hols, preparing for the imminent arrival of J's sister tomorrow and my mum on Wednesday - it's 'the graduation' on Friday.
Sicily was absolutely amazing - I beseech everyone who reads this to visit. I'm not skillful enough with the written word to convey everything we experienced, but I will try over the next few days. But then, it's a bit like the photos we took - whilst they give a flavour of what it was like, they don't compare to actually being there. Like everything in life - you've gotta actually do it to experience it.
Since getting back we've been at the itunes festival to see La Roux, who was quite good, although Dan Black, the support act, impressed us more. Funny - you could tell it was being filmed for telly - the whole thing was slicker than just about any gig I've been to before despite only being in front of a couple of hundred people. It's on ITV2 on Thursday if you fancy catching it.
Will be back presently to fill you in on endless photos and the type of chat you normally only get subjected to on a packed tube around the South Kensington area ("oh, you simply must visit this delightful farmhouse in the mountains en route to Catania - it's delightful"). Just to warn you - one of our hosts insisted on us having dinner with them (including olive oil and figs that they grew themselves) and invited their next door neighbours - a 70-something couple who spoke only traditional Sicilian. Yep, I'm gonna be that smug. Not intentionally, you understand. It just happened.
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