Virginia is standing by the door of our apartment. We are in the far right of three apartments on the second floor. The other two apartments on our floor are vacant at the moment. All three apartments on the first floor are occupied — we suspect, because they might be a little cooler without the sun beating on the concrete roof. Joel and Joanna have the middle one.

Looking into the living room from the kitchen — note Virginia’s fresh bread on the stove. The front door is on the extreme right. The living room has a couch and TV, which is connected to cable. The cable connection provides our internet service. We use the internet a whole lot more than the TV! Occasionally, we will watch CNN news, the only cable news available, but Guam (‘where America’s day begins’) is 14 hours ahead of EDT. When it is day here, it is night on the mainland, which means prime-time news is on about 7am — we get Monday evening news on Tuesday morning our time.

The kitchen is rather small. The back door leads to a small balcony, where a washer, dryer and hot water heater are located.

Our bedroom has an air conditioner and ceiling fan and just enough room for a bed and dresser. No blankets or bedspread are needed, or wanted!

We converted the second bedroom into a spare room. The bed is leaning against the wall. The bedrooms are the only rooms with air conditioners. Virginia spends a lot of time reading in here and this is where most of our work on our laptops is done — including this blog and Skype calls.

Of course, no accommodation would be complete without a bathroom. This one is tiny, but functional.