Flaminia was gracious, kind and a very nice person. Her loft was exactly how it was described. Very Italian, very clean. I got there on the Metro from the Train station and Flaminia thought I should get off on Cipro when I really should of gotten off on Octavia, a stop earlier. This made it long to walk with my suitcases and I got very lost with my 13 year old in an area I had never been. The map was difficult to follow with streets that were not shown. There was not alot of Italian speaking people of course so it was hard. I ended up spending $20.00 Euros for a taxi that took me 6 blocks because I couldn't find the street. There is alot of graffiti on the buildings but it is everywhere in Rome. Flaminia does live in a good area with restaurants, shops, a nice grocery store, gelato shop, bakery and bus line. The Metro subway is 7-9 blocks away roughly. If you take the time to read the bus schedule you can also get around on the bus that stops two blocks away. We slept on a roll out couch bed. The apartment has a TV and VCR but it does you no good if you don't know how to use them, so ask. The air conditioner is awesome and makes the apartment very comfortable after a long day sightseeing. There is a beautiful kitchen with everything you need in it. There is a washer/dryer combo machine to use for your clothes. It dries very very hot so do not put anything in there but towels. You need to have the instructions to use it written in English or the language of your country or forget using it. There is a lovely balcony patio that was incredible with the smell of Jasmine flowers and a little view of St. Peter's Basilica. It was nice and private.
Flaminia had dry toast in packages with Jam and Nutella spread in a bowl for us to eat if we were hungry. I wish she would of had fruit in there or nuts but it was nice she had something. Remember she is on the fourth floor. Which is quite a climb after a long day. There is a very small elevator you can use which I was a bit worried about since it is very very old, but it takes you to the third floor and then you only have to walk up the stairs for one flight. Her nice boyfriend helped us with our suitcase which was great or I couldn't have done it.