All the pictures reflected the apartment and the room, the (small) bathroom was even nicer than the picture indicated. The apartment is quite spacious and so is the bedroom!
The decoration and overall atmosphere of the apartment is warm and cozy with a touch of vintage furniture (amazing old "fireplace" with colorful tiles).
The windows are brand new and sound-proof so there is no disturbance from the quiet street.
The view from the bathroom and kitchen on the green backyard+trees is absolutely amazing & peaceful.
The kitchen is welcoming and homey and was the center of all life in the apartment, where all the fun and talking happen.
The bedroom itself is huge and the bed is comfortable.
Although the apartment is a bit outside 'the ring' (Old Vienna) it is located 3 minutes walk from the metro and even closer to tramway station that will bring you straight to the center in 5 minutes and closer to the bike-station which we used all the time, often joined by Andrea with his own bike.
There are night buses which allow you to reach the airport at 2:30a.m or 4:30am..
We even have 2 sets of keys. So, in fact, the place is almost perfect for staying in Vienna.
As for our host, it is even hard to express how pleased and delighted we (my friend Marcia and I) to have met him and have spent so much time in his company and the company of some of his friends. Andrea is an amazing, young at heart, educated, cultured, funny, full of life & laughs, extremely thoughtful kind of guy with a bohemian lifestyle (with is, according to Moulin Rouge, believing in "truth, beauty, freedom and love"). We both felt very welcome the minute we arrived. In fact, I even told my when I went to get her at the station : "You are going to love the place and you will love the guy".
Andrea speaks 6 languages (Italian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese & English) and is able to use all of them within 10 minutes :) He is funny, communicative and always did all he could to make us comfortable, always asking if we needed anything. We were lucky to have a holiday+week-end and that he actually had a lot of free time to spend it with us: visiting the city, having a drink, going to the restaurant, karaoke in the kitchen ?!?. Of course, we did a lot of things on our own and so did he, but we did spend a lot of time together and it was almost like staying at a friend's place. It was such an incredible and unbelievable experience that we feel blessed to have chosen his place and to have met him. Andrea is the real heart of the apartment and the true value of staying there.
The truth is that we left with stars and almost tears in our eyes after 4 wonderful days at Andrea’s.
XXXXXL thanks from Franck&Marcia