apartments
In the USA, they’re called apartments; in the UK they’re called flats. They
are a modern invention. I don’t particularly like them. I don’t think it’s good
for so many people to live so close together. It’s not good for people to
live on top of each other. I don’t understand how people can live above
the second floor. It’s not natural to live in the sky. The thing I hate most
about apartments are the lifts (Americans say elevator) and the fact
there’s no garden. More and more people are moving into apartments.
This creates problems with overcrowding. There aren’t enough spaces
to park your car, there’s nowhere to throw your rubbish and you have to
wait ages to reach your floor. Give me a little house with a little garden
any day.
art
I’m a great art lover. I look at beautiful paintings and sculptures and wish I
could be artistic. I can’t draw or paint to save my life. I wonder why some
people are so talented and can create amazing pictures, when other
people, like me, can’t even draw good matchstick figures. I would like to
fill my house with art from all over the world. It’s interesting to see how
different cultures have different kinds of art. There’s nothing better than
visiting art galleries when you go to another country. I prefer more
traditional art. I don’t really understand a lot of modern art. I look at an
exhibit of a pile of bricks in a museum but can’t see how it’s art. I always
laugh when my children say, “Daddy, I can do better than that!” I often
think they can.