Elena is a lovely host and her enthusiasm about Florence was great to see! She recommended a number of places for us to eat at, especially those that were vegetarian friendly after knowing of our dietary restriction. It was unfortunate that a number of those places were closed due to the summer holidays. In terms of the apartment itself, it had a great balcony but as mentioned in previous reviews was definitely noisy during the night and in the morning. We felt that the place was a bit small for our 2 big suitcases - also note that there is a flight of stairs to climb to enter the apt in case you have a lot of luggage. Location was great, within walking distance to the train station, Duomo and most of the other sights in Florence.