digging the digs

So- the other story. I live on the ground floor of a 5 story apartment building in a very posh area of town.  The building (like every other building) has a doorman called a porter who watches over the building and serves as a building super and security guard. I have been told that he does not speak English, but he can say things like “OK?” and “One minute” which I think is excellent.

I have a nice sized 2 bedroom apartment with a living room, a dining room and one bathroom with a tub/shower combination-very western. There are 10 or 11 foot ceilings with deep plaster crown moulding and all of the walls are painted varying shades of white.  The floors are wood coloured ceramic tiles.

The furniture is comfortable and plain which is, I think, an indication that my landlord is also very westernized.  It certainly is very unusual as most living spaces here have very gaudy ornate red and gold furniture, or ornate floral velvets.  I was in a coworkers apartment yesterday and he has not one, but 2 dining sets that look like they were pulled from the set of a vampire movie.  

I will post photos if I figure out how.