This was not our first trip to Florence, but it was our best! Hoping to avoid the thronging mill of tourists and inflated prices of the city centre, and needing to be within easy walking distance of the wonderful opera at St. Mark's Anglican church, we, Canadian seniors, needed a quiet oasis for the month of May, 2013. After pouring over dozens of Oltrarno properties, we found two dazzling gems - one was Santa Ulrika Lervin, and the other was her lovely, two bedroom flat, Santo Spirito! Recently, and very tastefully renovated, Lodges Le Mura is a very accessible building for seniors as it has a splendid new elevator- essential for getting heavy luggage up from street level! Apartment Santo Spirito is a very quiet, bright, clean and (for Europe) spacious, two bedroom flat. It has high ceilings, abundant closet space, and state of the art windows. The kitchen and bathroom have beautiful, white stone floors. Both are very modern and well appointed. Bedroom no. 1, comes with a pleasant walk-out balcony that provides an intimate breakfast nook with a great view of the south west hillside. Other commendable features of Lodges Le Mura are the spotless cleanliness of the public areas, including the indoor and outdoor public lounges on the first floor. The free Wi Fi, provided good connectivity throughout the building and although we seldom used them, each bedroom sports a new flat screen TV, above a very useful work desk and chair. There is also available for guests, that feature most prized by all Florentines- parking! Lodges Le Mura, is conveniently located footsteps from Porta Romana, close to shopping and public transportation. Here, one can easily find and catch the tourist Hop on Hop off bus, the 131 bus to Sienna and the ATAF buses connecting to the entire city transit system. Perfect as our accomodations were, the shining star of Lodges Le Mura is "Super Trooper" Ulrika Lervin. She welcomes her guests most warmly, and she is readily available to help translate and solve the little problems which guests might encounter. She is accommodating beyond the call of duty, and most flexible when tending to her visitors' needs. Ulrika's generous nature and happy disposition were the highlight of our stay. We will ever remember her kindness.