We had a lovely time staying in Alexandra's apartment. Her Aunty Petra and her daughter Lakshmi greeted us on arrival and told us all about the house and area. So many great tips! Petra gave us a map with personalised directions to sights and interesting things.
Communication with both Alexandra and Petra was perfect the whole way through.
Tip: the washing machine and dryer are located in the basement and take ages! Be prepared for that. The dryer will take at least 3 tokens (total), and 25 mind each time, so give yourself plenty of time to do washing. Tokens and washing powder were provided, and more tokens were provided at request super fast! There looks to be plenty of room in apartment to have a washer/dryer, so disappointing they don't, as it could mean saving a lot of time waiting for washing, and instead could go out sightseeing. It would ve really handy!
The location is perfect - close to everything. But that also means it is very noisy. If you are a light sleeper, be prepared for lack of sleep, or consider elsewhere. The door to the smaller bedroom was broken and lets in draught and even more noise - but they said that would be fixed soon.
The two bedrooms are separated by walls of glass, including a glass door, with sheer curtains - this was fine for us and the kids, but may bother some who want more privacy.
The apartment was smallish but cozy - no sitting area to hang out, but this was okay as we were mostly out all day.
There were nice touches like the main bedroom (with only one bed) having bath robes available. There were plenty of towels and bedding, and the fridge had drinks stocked for us.
Like other places we have stayed at in Europe, even with the radiators turned off, it was still very warm. Perhaps there's a trick we couldn't figure out though. Ar any rate, we definitely didn't freeze.
The kitchen was large with plenty of utensils and crockery. It is clearly a house that is lived in, which means everything is available. We were told to use anything we needed. There were lots of toys and things for kids - we didn't use them, but they were available.
The 2 way bathroom was annoying, but we made it work.
I was super impressed with Petra for allowing us to check out late so we could get changed after day at snow, before heading on overnight train. We very much appreciated this.
A fantastic stay and we would happily stay there again!