The room is near the top of a building which faces onto the the Piazza dei Ciompi, a small square near Santa Croce which was lively with a market and new year's activity during the week I stayed. The room is small, but very spacious with a high ceiling and light coming in from the window, and it was quiet, looking inwards onto a garden from which you can hear a burbling fountain. It has a desk where I worked on my essays, a wardrobe, a frame with coat hangers, and a bedside table, so that there was a place to put all of my things. It was also very clean, and everything that I needed was there when I arrived; towels, a bottle of water, a socket converter etc. The room lies on a corridor with a bathroom and a kitchen, and Silvia lives on the floor below. She responded quickly to my messages, when I arrived later than planned and the flat was empty, she arranged for me to be let in, and she let me know of the availability of another room when my stay had finished. The flat is so beautiful, and I am grateful to have stayed there. I recommend it, and hope to return soon.