Micaela’s flat was small but cosy. It was very clean and we felt very comfortable at her place. Now it’s the perfect time to stay there, in summer it could be a little hot without air con (but she has a little blower there). Nothing was lacking. You have bed linen, towels, also cleaning mop and dustbin liner. In the kitchen: fridge, gas stove, dishes, cutlery, pans and basics like salt, oil, pasta.

Micaela is a very nice, helpful and courteous person. She organized a taxi for us from the airport as we had an evening flight. When we arrived she gave us a ride from her place to the center. That was very kind of her because as you all may all have noticed it takes a little time to orientate oneself the first day or night in a new city. She gave us a city map and told us about the Roma pass and which bus to take. Moreover she was so generous to lend us her mobile wireless LAN (so we could use the internet everywhere in the city) and charges us not very much.

Essential advice from my point of view:
· Roma Pass:
When you visit Rome for at least a weekend or 3 days (the pass is also available for 1 or 2 days) definitely buy the “Roma pass”, it’s worth it. I suggest to buy it at the kiosk left from piazza navona because it is not available in any tobacconist's shop.
We had the 3 day pass and paid EUR 36 it includes public transport for 3 days (ticket for 1 day is regularly EUR 6) and 2 entries in a museum (except Vatican museum) of your choice and for a 3rd entry you get 50% discount and the best thing is at the Colosseum you can skip the line.

· Vatican museum:
It is possible to buy the tickets online (http://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/index.html) in advance. Do not make the mistake and do not buy it in advance, otherwise you will wait for hours in the line!! We bought it in advance and it took us just five minutes to go inside because there is a separate entry for groups and online tickets.

· Public transport / bus connection
The thing is, in Italy the time intervals are not mentioned on the infoboard of the bus station. The bus (especially the line nr. 49 we had to take) is quite convenient to go to the center (piazza cavour – from there it’s a 5 minute walk to piazza navona) but unfortunately the line has time intervals up to 20 minutes and on weekends (especially on sunday) even longer, so that could mean waiting time up to 45 minutes. If I had known that before I would have registered to the Europe-wide car2go function. The best thing is to ask local people about the time intervals, the Italians know them quite well and are impatient as well ;-).