Convenient stay.
Positives:
- great location; very walkable to all the sights and you can easily take a water taxi anywhere if you wanted to
- great food recommendations
- used the washer/dryer; but make sure Claudia starts it for you! I tried doing it myself to not bother her but it turns out that was just more work for her
- comfortable bed
- cute canal view
Improvements:
- I had no idea about the mosquitoes: use the plug-ins she provides (didn't sleep well until the last night when I finally asked about mosquito spray, and she expected me to know what the plug-ins were)
- her apartment is located across from a very popular bar/square: if noise until 2am bothers you, this isn't for you (I actually didn't mind since it's like white noise to me)
- the key to the apartment itself was difficult to use; its supposed to be a simple turn to thr right (there were multiple times where I had to jimmy back and forth, between locking and unlocking until I finally got in)
- be prepared to carry your luggage up multiple flights of stairs (her apartment is on the 2nd floor)
- shared bathroom with 3-4 other people; she rents out another room in the apartment, so I was anticipating to only share a bathroom with her, but instead shared it with multiple people which sometimes made it inconvenient in the morning or before leaving for the day