I wouldn’t say how I strongly I would recommend you to stay in Rosemary's beautiful country style cottage, I'll just share my experience during my 18 days (14 days is for quarantine plus 4 days transition to my rental apartment) here with you.
It's the first time for me and my daughter entering Canada, she's going to a very nice school here called RNS and we're about to settle down here. However the long distance over the oceans does not allow us to bring everything we need, and we'd expected a hard time here to start since we'll not be allowed to leave the quarantine place till 14 days later.
Finally we arrived in this very beautiful, quite and safe house locates in the heart of a forest, it’s between the airport and downtown hence very accessible to every corner of the city (10+ minutes drive from airport, downtown or main shopping area).
The moment we arrived in Rosemary's place most of our worries was gone. Rosemary and Greg were welcoming us on the stairs with a very warm and big smile, as we entered the suite with shining brightness and utmost tidiness that is even not usually found in 5 star hotels, and the bed made with a bird-shaped tower on top, we had the illusion that we've arrived in a holiday resort, instead of a quarantine shelter.
You can find hospitality and consideration on every corner of the suite. The big basket of snacks on the dining table, a full shelf of brand new towers big and small, several dozens I guess, the fridge filled up with seasoning packs fitting every stomach, a set of brand new cookwares that can cook every cuisine... that's just a small part of the items Rosemary offered or the list will be too long a if I take everything down.
I've traveled lots of places and stayed in many hotels, good ones and luxury ones too. but this is the solely most complete place for a real family like-living.
More surprise is yet to come. As we commonly believe quarantine life can be quite boring, people get depressed with 2 weeks indoor. But life is totally different here. it's fantastic scenery right outside every window, and you can run about in the the beautiful spacious yard inside the heart of a big forest. Birds sing, mother deer takes her babies strolling for a walk just outside of our door, in the sunny day, you can sit in the court yard chairs and enjoy a cup of coffee under the umbrella and relax. I can no longer call it a forced quarantine, It's a true vacation.
The most important thing to us is that Rosemary and Greg are so nice and so kind, so considerate and so helpful, they live next door and they're ready to offer help. Don’t worry about laundry or garbage, or shopping or food deliver, or even go to the car rental after your quarantine, because Rosemary and Greg are next door. After 18 days living in her house, they are our first and best friends here in Canada.
Up to now, it’s a kind and warm memory inside when thinking of the time we stayed in Rosemary’s. I’ll definitely stay here if I have a chance, and I’ll arrange my friends to stay there too if they come to Saint John. That’s absolutely our NO. 1 choice, and the best experience I can ever imagine for a airBnB.