My stay at Maria's apartment was my first experience with air bnb and I was concerned that something might go wrong. I need not have worried. Maria and I were in contact right up to the night before and I was relieved to be greeted by her at the front door. The apartment was as described. As mentioned in earlier comments on the apartment, location is great. A few minutes from Piazza Maggiore full of people and 100m from busy Ugo Bassi with its shops and yet when you enter the door to the old palace you step into a different world. The bed rooms are generous in size. The kitchen had everything that I needed. Maria's advice on all things from restaurants to wine shops to cafes to supermarkets was accurate and much appreciated. Our day of departure was marred by the first rainfall of our stay in Bologna and Maria was concerned for us and she inquired whether we might want her to call a taxi. What more can I say.