Stella was the perfect hostess and the apartment, located several blocks from Piazza del Popolo, was beautiful! When we arrived Stella was waiting and greeted us with some delicious cookies made by her mother. An Italian style welcome for sure! The apartment is large and in a terrific location for accessing all parts of the city. However, if you don’t feel like walking, there is a metro stop about five minutes away. The apartment is quite spacious. As you enter, there is a kitchen on the right with everything you could hope for; to the left is a dining room/sitting room area. Passing through the dining area you enter a comfortable living room area; from here steps lead up to a bedroom area that opens to and overlooks the living area. There is also a full bath and spacious closet upstairs; the walk-through closet connects the upstairs bedroom and bath and overlooks the dining area. Back downstairs there is an arched doorway in the back of the living area which leads to a second bedroom and full bath. It all amounts to a generously proportioned apartment! In addition, the apartment has plenty of charm! It is well decorated and has large windows overlooking a pedestrian only street. You can find lots of restaurants and bars in the area, including Canova which was made famous in Roman Holiday. Stella was easy to reach during our stay -- always moments away by email or phone. She is very gracious, so we didn’t mind reaching out to her a couple of times. She responds quickly! Overall, we couldn’t have hoped for more than this lovely apartment and were pleased to have made Stella’s acquaintance. We are looking forward to returning someday to this apartment which truly became our home in Rome! Thanks again Stella!! A la prossima, mark