Mirella's flat was even better than described! This cool place is clearly super old, yet totally updated. It has a cool clean retro feel to it. The fold out bed on the first floor was great. The main king bed (or was Tina queen size?) on the second floor was comfortable. The bathroom great! (If you want to look like you were an extra in the movie "Host", just turn on the bathroom mirror light and look at yourself--super cool!)(And if you haven't seen the movie, don't bother....you'll see what I'm talking about! This place is close to eating, the best gelato we've had to date in all of Italy, and is directly across the river from the Ufizi (sp?) museum...a 5 min. walk. Duomo is 10-15 min. walk. A taxi ride will cost you $25 Euro. It should be less, but it was super crowded and there was construction....many 1-way streets...or "pedestrian only" streets. Anyway, Mirella was away on vacation when we checked in but she had a friend check us in...no problem. He spoke Italian and Spanish and I spoke English and Portuguese so my Portuguese and his Spanish was how we communicated! No problemo! :) The flat is immaculate, the washing machine is great, the A/C works great and you don't have to worry about taking a short "Euro" shower...you can take a long "American " shower if you like and there will be plenty of hot water for the next guy!!! She left us water in the fridge and small breakfast "twinkies " (only difference is there's no filling in them here!) Great place! Thank you Mirella!