Can't talk long, Floggies, as I am in class. Awesome: I can piggyback on the wifi network from the Radisson Hotel next door to the school.
School: a line of converted houses a block from the British Museum on Great Russell Street. Ashley is spending her morning at the Museum now.
Flat: a converted "shed" in the back yard of an old house on Chichele Road in Willesden Green. Quiet, private, safe. Eugene apartment-esque, with mossy patio, lots of old trees and English Ivy. Not bad except it is dingy and the bathroom is filled with very smelly mildew. (It actually smells better in there after I've done my business.) So much for shopping online from overseas. We're going to cancel our reservations with that company for the two weeks after we hit the continent and upgrade slightly to a place by Kensington Gardens.
Willesden Green: a bustling, international stew. Definitely off the tourist map. Down the block, the Dar al-Islam center (which I'm convinced is notorious for something terroristy?) rubs shoulders with an old Church of England abbey. The food selection, naturally, is pretty awesome.
Okay, gotta go. But I think we'll work up some observations this evening for posting tomorrow.
Posted by FLOG at June 21, 2005 2:46 AM