Stelio's girlfriend met me off of the 78 bus which goes from the airport to the city centre in about 50 mins - so immediately the apartment is situated in an extremely convenient place, as it is not too long a walk from the bus stop to it. She apologised for her English, and although not brilliant ,she did a very good job of telling me places to visit, answering all my questions, and advising me where was good for what I wanted. I was totally open about wanting to go to LGBTQ places, and she told me where to go, as well as chatting to me about how the Pride had gone a couple of weeks ago. Very easy to be yourself with, and by the way, for women the place to head is Ambre Libre in the Lakadiki area. The apartment itself ie even nicer than in the pictures, and had everything I could need. I used the washing machine twice, the t.v. the small oven, shower and everything worked well and easily. I was especially pleased the had a set of clean towels as I only took hand luggage and space wouldn't allow. The apartment is on the 3rd or 4th floor - there are a lot of spiralling fairly steep stairs, which although OK for me, may not be practical or desirable for someone else. The pull out sofa bed was extremely comfortable and I slept very well on it. THe air conditioning was also decent, and I had it on at night sometimes too, although it is perfectly safe to sleep with the front and back doors ajar. Across the road there is a carrefour supermarket which was handy cheap and helpful. There is also a rather nice bakery just down the road - try the pear pie and the oreo stuel ice cream sandwich. Walking straight down the main road Agias Sofias takes you into the centre of town, it is a very long road and intersects with several major roads. The city is beautiful, I literally spent hours walking. Buses are frequent and easy, get a ticket from a kiosk, on some buses you can get them on board as well. Travel is cheap and efficient, and the bus stops have codes on them you can use to see exactly what time the bus is due at your bus stop. All in all I had a fantastic time, and, if you are into art would recommend checking out the Macedonia museum of modern art. It is a long old walk (although I am sure there would be a bus), and it is in the International Centre which is a bit confusing, and looks like a collection of warehouses, but I felt it was well worth it, and the cafe is good too. The state museum of modern art is out of town in a suburb, but easy to reach by bus. Although a lovely gallery, I didn't enjoy it as much, but it...