We came from Singapore and stayed for 1 week in Heiko’s place. The location is PERFECT for so many reasons. It’s located beside a good size shopping mall - grocery store, pharmacy, ATM/bank machines, post office, restaurants all steps from the apartment. Walk 25 meters from home and you reach the mall or the subway. The subway stop is at the entrance of the apartment. We took the subway everywhere as it’s faster and much more convenient than taxis. The location is close to all the tourist spots. We traveled on the subway with kids (8, 11, 13) and it’s safe and easy to use. The entrance to the apartment complex is on the main road but once you enter the gated complex, the apartment is set back from the road in the back garden, so you will not hear the road.
The apartment itself is spacious and stylish. Washing machine, dishwasher, coffee machine, heated towel racks, metal clothes hanging racks for laundry, lots of cleaning supplies, toilet paper, kitchen towel. In the kitchen you will find cooking basics and pantry staples - salt, spices, oil, pasta, coffee, tea etc. As I mentioned, you’re steps from the grocery store and bakeries but if you happen to wake up hungry with jet lag in the middle of the night, you can make a basic pasta meal. The kitchen is set up and ready to use/cook etc.
I found some Christmas lights in the drawer, which made the place feel seasonally festive and we set up our laptop to the TV and watched Christmas movies at night.
We had a great time. We kept dreaming that it was our apartment - wishful thinking.
I’ve stayed in every kind of hotel and with 3 kids, we always need to book 2 rooms. It’s so nice to spread out and have some space!
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