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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Our London Flat for Summer 2010





You have probably looked at the video of our London flat for this year on a previous post. It is really small but fine for two people for two weeks. This morning the housing administrator took us on a tour of our apartment for next summer.

We wanted to be able to have guests. Keith can attest how crowded it is in our present flat with three people. Since we will be here a full 3 weeks next year - we wanted a nice place for visitors. This place is so big we could hold Nancy's classes in the living room - and feed them in the dining room - all 20 of them.

The apartment is 19 Bedford Place - London. If you type that into google - it will show you a map and even a picture of the place from the street.

First - the apartment is huge - not just a lot of rooms - but a lot of big rooms with 12 foot ceilings - tall French doors - and tall windows. It has two coal fireplace but they have been sealed for about 50 years when London stopped allowing people to burn the poor grade coal they mine here.

There are 3 bedrooms with a total of 9 beds. It also has three sofas in the living room. I do not know the exact age - but I am sure it is here since before our Revolutionary War. I think I saw some graffiti about "the terrorists Washington and Franklin" in one of the closets.

It is on a very quiet wide street with Bloomsbury Square on the end. The park has a playground for little kids and a Starbucks and the British Museum around the corner.

You can see more pictures by clicking on "Flat" in the title above.

FSU pays the entire cost of our present apartment. We must pay the additional premium. As my guidance counselor - Abe Hassan - told me almost 50 years ago, "It only costs a quarter more to go first class."

Here's hoping friends and family come to visit - see the FSU Study Centre - and meet some of Lulu's students.


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