Over a decade ago I spent a year working at a "residence club" that I'll call Hampton House, a kind of misbegotten hybrid somewhere between a five-star hotel and a youth hostel.

二十多年前，我在一家我称作汉普顿旅社的“住宅俱乐部”里工作了一年，那就像是五星级酒店和青年旅馆的混血儿一样。

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The seven-room hotel, set in a 1920s former private residence, boasts luxury spa facilities – sauna, steam room, hot tub on the patio and a cold plunge pool, as well as oil-scented treatment rooms.

据了解，这个在上世纪20年代曾用做私人住所的酒店有7个房间，内部疗养设备齐全奢华——桑拿、蒸汽房、露台热浴盆、瀑布冷水潭以及香薰理疗间。

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Besides the cathedral, there are also the Catholicos' residence, school, summer and winter fraters, hotel and other buildings on its territory.

除了大教堂，这里还有教会的宿舍、学校、冬夏两季的访客住所、宾馆以及其他多种建筑。

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But since his election Pope Francis has been living in a simple two-room suite in the Domus Santa Marta - a hotel-style residence built by Pope John Paul II next to St Peter's Basilica.

BBC: Pope Francis shuns grand apartment for two rooms

In 1997, UNESCO declared the entire town a World Heritage Site, and in 2009, the first boutique hotel, Jing's Residence, opened, mixing ancient and modern styles within a former silk merchant's mansion.

WSJ: Ancient Village Rises in Shanghai; The Shock of the Old

In 2003 Kathy held the enviable position of Writer in Residence at The Savoy Hotel.

BBC: Kathy Lette is a novelist, playwright and broadcaster.