Chris and Renata are delightful people; on my arrival I found a sweet welcome card, maps and guides, and a bouquet of sunny yellow snapdragons. I felt at home immediately in my spacious room overlooking the garden. Oh the roses! The late nineteenth century home is in a quiet neighborhood with well kept houses, gardens and shade trees, and an easy walk to several villages with restaurants, shops and access to public transportation. Staying with Chris and Renata for 3 months was a great pleasure. They shared with me a visit to the Freud Museum, a nearby open private garden, a day-out in the country to visit Roman ruins, a trip to Keats House, the adjacent volunteer library, a concert in a nearby museum, and a 1930's modern cooperative, once the residence of a number of well known architects, literary souls, sculptors and the like, as well as two incognito Russian spies. When my inevitable summer cold came along, I was pampered with a sunflower on my bedside table and the requisite chicken soup. I feel blessed to have had such wonderful hosts on my "trip of a lifetime", who now have become my London friends.