Analia is really sweet and helpful (even if you don't speak the same language!) in helping her guests out. We knew the area and BA pretty well, but she helped set up a taxi for us in the wee hours of the morning, set up laundry, and more--all by patiently writing in Google Translate. Her home is a good, simple place in the middle of Palermo. I would have loved a better situation for cooking (yes, she had oil, salt, and pepper, but no large knives for cutting, no bowls, etc.), but overall it was a very nice place with a nice porch to spend a night (or a few). She is really the sweetest.