Rita is one of the sweetest people I have ever met. My Italian is spotty at best, but we communicated just fine. The space is exactly as described, and I wouldn’t recommend it for more than one person. That said, I loved living in a non-tourist area of Rome that was still in a place with great restaurants and shops (including a grocery across the street and a pharmacy around the corner). It took about 35 minutes to get to the center of town for the tourist stuff, which was perfect, since my reason for being there was to study :). I highly recommend this apartment and this host!