Yesterday was a big day for E. It was his usual day off but, with the help of Renter's Paradise, he found another place. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. He wouldn't be able to move in for two weeks, however. It's close to his work, and closer to his mom's than the last place he found (and lost - his mistake). It's in a well-kempt apartment district just west of the Spanish Monastery. The building backs up to a creek. He'd be on the second floor (in case it floods in a hurricane). It has original hardwood floors and a gas stove (might come in handy in a hurricane if the power goes out) (I'll go over there and cook, since I'm all electric here). Very pleasant. I hope he gets it. He'll hear back in a couple of days. I'm really excited about the prospect of his having his own piece of real estate, but what's more important is that he be situated in his own place and have some peace of mind.From the Wikipedia article:
St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church is a medieval Spanish monastery cloister which was built in the town of Sacramenia in Segovia, Spain, in the 12th century but dismantled in the 20th century and shipped to New York in the United States. It was eventually reassembled in North Miami Beach, Florida, where it is now an Episcopal church and tourist attraction. It is one of the oldest buildings in the Western Hemisphere.[1][2]
The monastery's cloisters and its outbuildings were purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1925. In order to be transported to the USA, the structures were carefully dismantled with each piece being numbered and packaged in wooden crates lined with hay. The total shipment comprised 11,000 crates. However, some of the information contained in this labeling was lost when the shipment was quarantined in the USA because of a break-out of hoof and mouth disease in Segovia. During the quarantine, the crates were opened and the hay filling was burned as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease. Afterwards, the content of the crates was not replaced correctly. William Randolph Hearst was ultimately unable to pursue his plan of rebuilding the monastery because of financial difficulties and the pieces were stored in a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York until they were purchased in 1952 by Raymond Moss and William Edgemon, who eventually reassembled them at the site of a small plant nursery north of Miami, where the buildings became a tourist attraction known as the Ancient Spanish Monastery. Reassembling the buildings took 19 months and cost almost 1.5 million dollars. Some of the stones remained unused in the process.
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