Fantastic news, my camerabag has been found. Incredible! Someone found it and took it inside, opened the laptop to find my email address and emailed me. How utterly grand.
The woman who found it works at a media company putting television programs on the internet (it's all going to be mostly the same thing eventually anyway). A gift of a fancy box of chocolates and two passes to the local movie theater were my surprise reward.
Later that day, the police called me back asking if there's been any developments - the police called me back! - and i explained that all is well, the bag was found by a great soul.
Now... i can take some pictures of the fantastic mess that is this apartment!