I chose Gabriele’s place because it had so many good reviews and indeed the location and room itself lived up to expectations. Fantastically close to Museum’s and the Technical Uni’s hipster cafè (which I recommend!)
However, I did not enjoy Gabriele’s hosting- for example, I was asked to leave the shower vacant from 8am so Gabriele could use it on my second day, when I left the bathroom at 7.40am I was scolded for ‘making her late’ and asked repeatedly ‘what I was doing’ to spend ‘so long in there’. I was asked to spend no longer than 10minutes in the shower room the next day- which meant I was unable to use my daily face mask as the bedroom carpets were white and I didn’t want to wear them there just incase! There was a general sense of unwelcome I felt, after this. I’m not sure if it was simply a matter of miscommunication between myself and the host - Clearly others have faired better. It is a great room and location, and also very clean. Be warned, there was loud classical music and the German news playing during both my mornings- not ideal if you like a quiet morning in.