After many challenges trying to get from Canada to Brazil, Lisene, her family and her apartment made the journey well worth it. Staying with Lisi was such a retreat . She was very accommodating and supportive with our flight and arrival delays . Lisi 's brother was a friendly and welcoming face who greeted at the airport , helped us translate and drove us directly to the apartment. Lisi's apartment has everything you need. Full kitchen, washer , drying rack, wifi . She even prepared documents with walking instructions (15 min walk to beautiful Leblon beach ) and local travelling directions . Did I mention the view from the apartment deck ? It is breath taking! Thank you for a lovely vacation .