My new home

I'll quickly tell you a bit about my new home and so I can also lighten these pages up with some pictures.

My new cell, sorry room I mean, is in the Great Dover Street Hall of Residence of the LSE. That's in the South Bank of London, south of the Thames, about 3km from the School and more or less 4 km from Leicester Square or Soho, centre London. A good half hour walk, fair enough for me!



From the outside the building complex looks like this, though most of the time less sunny and theatrical (I just got these pics from the internet).



I'm in a little standard room in an ant hill with some 450 other students, most of them postgrads. There are pros and cons about it, and a couple of times the cons already took the upperhand but for the time being it's probably the best option.






And then this is the courtyard.



And then now some pics of my room, if you're interested. It's not my actual room and I do have some stuff on the shelves etc. but as all the four hundred and fifty rooms look equally dull I just took these from the net (in fact, the building next to ours is exactly the same thus it's even 900 identical rooms). So we have to differentiate us from the 899 others by our personality *ahum*.

This is the corner where I'll wear off my trousers this year, i.e. I'll spend a lot of time there doing what students are supposed to do.



And then, all the way to the other far end of the room is my bed. It's hard to capture it on photo as you can hardly distinguish it due to the enourmous size of the room. It's what they call "the loft feeling" in fancy magazines.



I've also got a luxury hyper modern bathroom for myself! It's designed for the rush of modern urban life. You can take a shower, take a leak and brush your teeth/shave at the same time. How convenient!






For those of you willing to admire this huge penthouse flat in the centre of the world's most vibrant and multicultural city irl, there's only one address: (or if you want to send me a package of reasonably priced and decent quality beer, bread and chocolate)

L B
Flat D309.1
159 Great Dover Street
Southwark
London
SE1 4WW
England

My private extension number is +44 (0) 870 7546905 (for the cheap bastards; calls on a fixed line)
Or +44 (0) 791 0465739 for those who call with company phones (my mobile)

If you'd like to come over to discover underground London at first hand, please contact me asap as the residence regulations are quite strict on the guest policy and I'll have to arrange things!!!

Cheap travels from Brussels:
www.eurostar.com (Brussels midi/South to Waterloo international station: 2h15 - fair prices on return tickets if you book on time and are a bit flexible)

and if that's not fast enough yet, why not try the Vlaamse Luchtvaartmaatschappij. Before you can finish your sandwhich and order your free drink you're in London. 1h from Zaventem Brussels to London City airport.
www.flyvlm.com