Planning a 'big' vacation can be somewhat undaunting, esp. when you are taking a 21 year old grand-daughter. Mario is one of my contacts who really went out of his way to help me. I told him he was amazing! Any info or maps He thought I might find useful, he sent to me. Arriving in Rome was a challenge as there was a lot of construction at the Termini, therefore we had to do some back-tracking once we found the elevator wasn't even working. The main thing is, we made it to Mario's and a friend of his met us at the Metro as Mario was out of town working. What a blessing she was. It was just a block to the apartment, but she took my luggage. Thank you Alba. (Using the metro to all parts of Rome and back, was very fast and easy to figure out.)
Everything was nicely prepared for us, including a great assortment of things for our breakfast and a bottle of wine for a night cap!. We even had the liberty to cook in his kitchen and do our laundry. His home was very restful and clean. You can tell by comments of others and his own pictures, that his home is very artistically furnished and welcoming. We thoroughly enjoyed staying at Mario's Home. Sorry we didn't meet you personally Mario, but we did enjoy having the apartment to ourselves. All the best. Would love to visit Rome again and stay in your home.