After spending one month at Marie's apartment, we wanted to move in and live there forever. We loved the antique mix of furniture, the unique coffee table, the bed was comfortable, the kitchen modern and well equipped and super clean. Stainless steel cookware AND a Nespresso Pixie. If you love espresso, and you don't own one, you'll order a machine for your home. Plus, the apartment was very quiet.

The view from the living room looked out into a treed courtyard. Across from the bedroom was a beautiful building that we never tired looking at. In fact, we didn't close the drapes because I wanted to see the building in the middle of the night. And on the bottom floor of that building is a wonderful Greek restaurant with a large patio in their back yard. We felt safe walking at night. AND there are three parks within an easy walk. Lots of small but well stocked grocery stores and coffee shops everywhere.

A few things took a bit of adjustment: We come from the U.S. and aren't familiar with European style bed pillows which are huge so it took a while to get the hang of beating them into submission.

One of the charms of the buildings in Prague is their age. Although Marie's apartment was lovely, the entrance and hallways were not, but we found this to be the case in all old buildings in Europe at this price point.

And buildings almost everywhere we went were tagged and the owners didn't paint over the graffiti. But Marie had no control over these two issues.

Marie was exceptionally generous, warm and we liked her immediately and when we left, we felt the same way. We would love to return to Prague and when we do, Marie's apartment will be our first choice.