Room with a View...Again

Here, what we call the 1st floor they call the ground floor. According to the Indians we live on the 5th floor, but if you count the way we do in the US, we live on the 6th floor. We have a plain but spacious two-bedroom apartment. It would really fit into 2005 America with its 10’ high ceilings! It’s about 1100 sq ft. We also have two full baths, a large kitchen, an eating area, a living room, a back porch where our washing machine resides (more on that later), and a front balcony off the living room that overlooks our large, beautiful courtyard.

The Apartment Complex
We live on Airport Road, one of the main thoroughfares in Bangalore. The name of our apt. complex is Diamond District. It is a complex of about 18-20 apartment buildings which are built in an oval shape with a large, private courtyard in the middle. The courtyard is full of beautiful palm trees, plants and blooming flowers. It contains two tennis courts, a basketball court, two swimming pools, a playground for children, and lots of benches and sidewalks. There is also an elegant entrance for the lower level reading room, health club, two squash courts and a restaurant that overlooks a goldfish pond. It is a very pleasant, secure area. There are at least two guards at each of the eight entrances 24/7 as well as a guard at the entrance of each building. People who do not live here must show passes to get in.