Celia has been a very gentle and caring host.
Our lack of a common language has not been a barrier, we felt even further from home thanks to it.
A very basic spanish and google translate was really enough. She was able to pass along all her advices and we had some good laughs.
The morning fruit salad was delicious, the accommodation fine, quiet (for Rio standard) and ideally located. Overall we think it was really good value.
We never felt unsecure at any time of the day, maybe we have been lucky but we think these talks about the dangers of Rio are a bit overrated at least in this area.