Rosie and I stayed five nights at Aida’s Leinster Avenue apartment and enjoyed it immensely. Aida first took care that we understood how everything worked and where they were.

We were pleasantly surprised that she provided us with eggs, bread, fruit and cheese to provide for breakfast for the entirety of our stay (and fresh ground coffee too). She also left us a bottle of very nice red wine.

The house itself was quite comfortable and we spend several hours in the living room relaxing and listening to our music on player.

The kitchen was sunny, even when it was cloudy—because of the skylight, and the back wall of the house was almost all glass and gave the place a feeling of being outdoors in her garden.

The bedroom was so comfortable that we sometimes did not leave the house until late in the afternoon.

There is a nice Italian restaurant a five minute walk from the house which she recommended and directed us to. We recommend it as well. The tables there are close together and we had some very nice chats with other vacationers as well as Dubliners who we think are some of the friendliest people in the world.

The house is well located, with bus service to city center about every five minutes. We also walked home one night from city center in about 40 minutes (it would have been less time, but we got lost once or twice). Plus, taxis are easy to flag down on Strand, a half minute away.

Aida is a very charming and helpful Frenchwoman busy acquiring Irish roots, and her house is also charming, well located and comfortable.

George and Rosie