You could not ask for a more helpful and accommodating host than Maria.
I was initially going to take an Uber to her place. She instead met me at the train station and took me to the apartment. Maria drove me around and showed me where the major sites which are close by were. She then took me walking and showed me where the grocery store was, best restaurants and of course gelato.
And then there was the ER trip. I had cut my finger and thought it may need stitches. I texted Maria and asked where she would recommend I go. She instead came and got me on her day off. Spent her day off time and took me to two clinics and the ER. Maria stayed there for four hours getting my finger tended to and interpreting for me . She made what could have been an ordeal pleasant. We picked up food for lunch then when it was all over she took me for the best Gelato concoction I have ever had! It had things I wouldn’t have known about and that Gelatoria makes it’s gelato in house. It was the best . It was next to the Metro, so ask her to point it out for you.
I stayed for two weeks and Maria threw in a cooking class as well as having the apartment cleaned after a week. For the cooking class, Maria had me over to her home and I had dinner with her family while watching the cooking. It was delightful.
Overall, the apartment was spotless, comfortable, in a great location and you couldn’t ask for a more helpful host.