Day 68,  Saturday, November 4, 2023

Today is absolutely miserable out.  Gale force winds and lots of rain.  I was watching these poor pigeons sitting on the roof of the building next door.  You would think they would find somewhere better to hunker down and ride out the storm than the edge of a rooftop!

We are staying put today, it is even cold in our apartment.  Apparently the building management controls the heat, not individual owners and I am really feeling chilled.  When I contacted our hosts they tell me that there is an electric heater that we can use.  Yay!  It really makes a big difference.

Here is an interesting tidbit.  We noticed that two apartments have their doors taped shut and there is lot of powder on the ground around the doors.  Bedbugs??  It sure looks like they are fumigating for something…and one of the apartments is on the same floor as us, but at least it is at the other end of the hallway.  We have been lucky, no bedbug issues so far, although I always check the mattress when we move into a new place just to reassure myself that all is well.