I actually get to live here until Christmas? Wow. I can't quite believe it. I'm living right across the street from Hyde Park, sandwiched in between the Netherlands Embassy on one side and the Algerian Embassy a few doors down on the other side. I can see the top of the Prince Albert Memorial over the tree tops from the front window in our common room. I haven't gotten to take pictures of the flat yet, but hopefully I'll have a few to post within the new few days. I'll describe the flat in more detail then. For now, it will suffice to tell you that it's on the sixth floor (US definition), which is the top floor of our townhouse, and there is no elevator. Dragging my luggage up there was more than enough exercise for today, but the view is definitely worth it! My flatmates and I ate lunch today in Kensington Gardens in Hyde Park, and then three of us walked around Cromwell Road and the nearby shopping district. Also more than enough exercise for the day! I guess I'm going to be in really good shape by the time I come home.
In other news, I've decided to start including an interesting fact, cultural difference, or language difference/definition with each post:
In the USA, building floors are numbered as follows: The street level is the "first floor," the one above it is the "second floor," and so on and so forth. Makes sense, right? Well, in the UK, the street level is called the "ground floor" and the floor about it is the "first floor" and so on. This means I am currently living on the fifth OR sixth floor, depending on how you look at it. Makes things a bit confusing at times, doesn't it?
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Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself!
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