Everything was great and exactly as described. Very clean and had everything we needed for our stay including guides and brochures to borrow. The apartment felt very safe because there is a locked gate to the courtyard and locked door to the building on top of the bolted door. It is also a small complex so while the front door is loud, its not that frequent. Arriving to breakfast was a special treat!
We arrived via train at the main station so we just bought a ticket at the kiosk for Trastevere station (for like 1.50? we typed in where we wanted to go and I think that determines the price) and people pointed us to the local train that leaves every 20 minutes, we were off at the first stop. We had missed the train for the ticket we bought but they just said to hop on the next one. The Trastevere train station is a 10 minute (or less) walk downhill from the apartment and we often caught the tram or bus downtown from there and there are bus/tram ticket kiosks there (I found them hard to find and didn't want to try buying them from a shop since I know zero Italian). The tram is a little longer of a ride to downtown but easiest for us to navigate. One block away there are more bus stops and we took the bus to Ciampino airport from there. There is also a full grocery store just a minute up the hill from the train station (green, on the same side of the street) with great selection and prices, some places that say "market" are really more of convenience stores.
Notes to future travelers: There is a washer but no dryer (normal for Italy) so everything is air dry. There is laundry soap under the sink but it has a strong fragrance so bring your own or go very light if you aren't fond of the scent. It also has a thinner, more firm mattress than those often found in US hotels but it was very comparable to those we slept on in Germany and France. Some people don't like them and others claim they cure back pain so it's just personal preference. Also, in the US we are used to ice/cold water and by the time we made it to Rome I was so excited to find an ice tray, for the first time on our trip we had a freezer and constant access to ice and we were freezing water bottles partially and refilling them at the water fountains around the city to keep cool while we were out. An odd thing to appreciate, never realized how much I like ice water/drinks until I couldn't seem to get it anywhere but in a bar : )
Anyway, thanks Irene and Sabrina! We will be back!