Our apartment and local area

Here are some pictures of the place we are staying in: Here’s a picture of our bedroom, our little sanctuary from the rest of the world.  The second picture shows the view from the room, it’s not bad, is it? The third is a photo of our new heater (purchased last week) which has been […]

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A weekend’s notes

Hi all, Well, as you may know from reading the various entries, last week was incredibly cold here – so much so that it snowed on two consecutive days which dropped temperatures below zero (degrees) on those days – *phew*.  As a consequence, Toni and I (and pretty much everyone else) all came down with […]

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A Sunny Day (Photos)

Today we had the best weather all week, and as a result we took to the streets.  We walked up to our prospective University (middle photo, below) to have a look around.  We walked from Wenyi (one road) Lu back to Wener (two road) Lu where I snapped another couple of photos (below, left and […]

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