Like many people currently, we had to travel to Ireland under fairly unusual circumstances this summer as it was one of the few ways we could then eventually enter the UK, as our country of residence is currently a red country (my husband is Italian so we could not enter directly).
Karin’s place was absolutely perfect for this purpose as she was very kindly happy for us to quarantine for the first few days and the test centre is only a short walk away (15 minutes) as well as being very centrally located - also as Karin has three apartments we had a bit of flexibility in case we had to extend our stay in case anything went wrong.
The Georgian studio itself is perfectly and ingeniously designed for the unusual oval space, utilising every nook and cranny to ensure a very well serviced apartment with everything you could need.
Unfortunately for us our whole flight to Ireland was quarantined for 14 days after someone tested positive, so our trip was almost solely confined to the apartment until we could test to release on day 10, and we had to extend our stay whilst we waited for our results - at every step of the way Karin was so kind and supportive, even bringing us cake and flowers from the garden! She was also very understanding when in the booking stage we had even completely cancelled and then rebooked our stay as we tried to grapple with the constantly shifting travel restrictions.
Without this stay in Ireland we would not have been able to see our family, which after two years was sorely needed, and we will forever be indebted to Karin’s kindness and hospitality.