While my friend and I really only needed the apartment as a place to sleep because we were busy all day long, Pierda really helped us to settle into the apartment and gave us a wonderful experience of Italian hospitality. She gave us a tour of the entire place and walked us to a restaurant that had menus in English where we could have dinner. She even coached us on some Italian phrases we could use and called a taxi to pick us up for 6AM train out of Milan. We didn't use the kitchen at all, but I would highly recommend this as a place to stay if not for the apartment set up, but just to meet Pierda who was a great host to us.