I found Elaine Lomenzo to be a friendly and thoughtful hostess. She left travel books out for my use and made suggestions for what I might enjoy doing in my sightseeing around London. Her place was just a 3 block walk from the Jubilee line of the tube, which turned out to be a blessing, since there was a 48 hour tube strike during my stay and more disruptions on weekends with ongoing upgrades to the system. The Jubilee line, with its connections to other main lines, ran without interruption. Elaine kept me informed about what was running and went out of her way to check her computer about my connections when I was leaving. Another nice thing was that the street running past the tube stop was a shopping strip with two express grocery stores including a Tesco, small restaurants, and other shops. It was a great base for the 9 days I spent in London.

The room I had was small, but clean and the bed was quite cozy with its down comforter. As indicated in the posting, there was a private bath across the room for my use. I was able to store soups and breakfast fixings in the kitchen refrigerator and use the microwave.