My host did indeed make me feel very welcome. He met me -- ahead of schedule; I had planned to go out for lunch first -- at my bus stop on Avenida Atlantica, which the apartment faces though the building itself faces a side street called Rua Miguel Lemos. He and his wife, Cassia met me just as he and she would a friend or family member. The place, on the 8th floor of the building, was perfect, at least for one person, especially for a writer who needed a retreat for a week, 2 or 3; it would also work for a couple. The neighbouhood was fantastic, full of good restaurants, at least 4 supermarkets, banks, a subway station not far off and, of course, a spectacular beach right there in front of you with buses running right by to whisk you off to other even more spectacular beaches south of the city. The apartment was exactly as it looks like in the pictures, extremely clean and well-equipped. It is so clear that it was put together with loving attention to detail and I was impressed, indeed touched, by that Meaning to say that Fernando and his wife, Cassia, are very fine people, just the kind of people you would want to have as friends. I would go back there in a flash. And I think I probably will. Thank you so much Fernando and Cassia. I loved every minute of my stay at your beautiful apartment (and, oh, the door men were the best, kind and considerate and thoughtul; they helped me every day, for instance, with my Portuguese, which I was there to learn...besides, that is, writing my book.