New Place (grid reference SP201548) is the name given to William Shakespeare's final place of residence in Stratford-upon-Avon during his retirement

Mine's not as nice as Old Bill's was, but it will do.

I promised a further update on my new living accomodation, and here, in pictures, it is.

I have, in my room, the largest bed in all of China. I can lie, just about comfortably, straight on it, without my feet hanging over the edge. More importantly, it's bloody wide.


The new flat is on the 17th floor, and affords what have come to be amazing views. Below are three shots taken from my bedroom window, which is a full length (floor to ceiling) glass place, right on the edge. Fortunately there are solid bars, preventing me from falling to my drunken death.

As an aside, I count seven cranes that I can see from my balcony.

The main living area of the flat is really nice - it's a long, open area. Wade (my new housemate) and I went furniture shopping day before yesterday, and managed to buy a round diningroom table, four chairs, a desk for me, an office chair for Wade, and a strange purple chair that Wade fell in love with, for the pretty incredible price of 770Yuan, which is about R850.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so...