When I was a lad, I travelled extensively in the US. Jane and I were talking about it tonight. She wanted to know why I didn’t go to Asia - much cheaper, more varied.

The truth is when I was 20 or so and I was a huge americanophi uhhh yankophil… ummm, is there any reason why there’s no word for people who love America?

No, I have no idea why you can’t comment either. I think it’s something to do with the template. Sitting outside Starbucks in Burlingame, I’m far to depressed about the thought of flying back to Kyiv and the change in weather. So, turn on the music and mail me if you want to comment.

We’re going to California. Today we fly to London for the night and then we head off to CA for a week’s house hunting.

This letter was in the hallway yesterday morning. If it’s there when we get back from the US, I’m going to open it. It’s not like it’s the Royal Mail after all is it?