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Book this comfortable houseboat for a nice stay in central london. A report last year for the london assembly said the citys waterways are the permanent or winter home of at least 4,000 to 5,000 residential boats, and 10,000 people. Go with the flow inside houseboats on the river thames in. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. Comfortable rooms appear on flatshare websites from time to time. Florilegium urbanum physical fabric london bridges. In london, houseboats offer alternative to high rent, but new. About a woman who quits her job to look after her father, after her mother leaves him for another man a man who she met at her new job in a dry cleanerthe father is an alcoholic who spends a lot of time useing his daughters money to buy alcohol. Probably best for a couple or two couples or small family this is as cool a place as you can find in london.
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