First and most important, Pamela is a very nice person. She is a competent businesswoman too (she runs a cafe, and plans to open a pizza shop). We rented a clean room on the first floor for 6 days in mid-September (a bit humid), mainly to see operas in Covent Garden which is 6 tube stations away. We bought oyster cards with 20 pounds (run out in 3 days) to get around. The house is 5 min walk from Mile End tube station, an area that is not really a rich residential area but clean and quiet and safe. B&B has something that hotels cannot offer. Warm and friendly stay with the family. Expecailly, Pamela has a member who creates a very special atomosphere, a one year old toddler! He was a little sick when we were there but amazingly well behaved and did not bother us at all. We did not use our umbrellas during our stay which was quite unsual in wet London. The house is 50 pounds minicab ride from Heathrow (we used a black cab on the way to the house--payed twice as much). There are not many fancy restaurants around the house, so you'd better find one in the central London. By the way not all the Fish and Chips shops are good; try one on Poland street (turn south from Oxford st. its' on the right soon). We used the room freely and because we had the key to the house, it was OK to come home almost midnight after the opera. Pamela is a good cook too but do not ask her to cook every meal. We were free to use her kitchen and we cooked some of our breakfast/lunch after shopping in the nearby Budgen supermarket. There is a canal with narrow and long boats and water gates to lift or lower the boats. The canal leads you to the Victoria park which is very large, green, and beautiful.
Pamela likes music, hates the war, does not watch TV. Her mother tongue is Italian. She speaks a little bit of Japanese because her mother is a Japanese. My wife Yuko played Pamela's keyboard (Mozart, Bach, etc) whenever she found time.
Thank you Pamela for a nice stay.