Settling In

I am now back in Oxford settling into my new accomodation in Staverton Road. All in all, I am very pleased with the flat and my room, the only major drawback being the distance from College and the center of town - a 20 odd minute walk at the best of times. The flat is certainly well equipped with a pretty decent kitchen, although the lounge area is rather small and is shared with the kitchen area. My room is cosy and spacious enough, with two large windows overlooking the "garden", with our flat on the ground floor. Especially nice were the ample bookshelf space that was provided, as well as the huge amount of storage area in general - the flat has two store rooms. The lighting is rather dim however, and I am considering buying an uplighter lamp to brighten things up.

Many great thanks must go to the many kind souls who helped me to get my stuff out of the loft and bring all of my stuff over to Stav - Peter, Zing, Weelee,Bianca, Douglas and Damien included. They even refused to accept money to take a cab back into town and insisted on walking back in - and goodness knows I know that it is a long walk.

Living out certainly has a rather different feel to it. It is definitely a lot more homely. The first two nights, we had dinner among the three of us flatmates as well as Damien and Douglas, which was really wonderful, especially on the second night when Toju proved herself to be a fine enough cook and things were augmented by a bottle of wine or two. Damien also cooked chicken the night before which was really great. Hopefully, there will be many more nights like this to come.