I met Giovanni at Rialto Bridge. We didn't have any problem to communicate in English. He explained very clearly about his apartment, nice places to visit, good restaurants, transportation, etc. His apartment was new, very clean and very good size for 2 of us. We had all we needed.
The location was great. Everything is walking distance.
He also gave us local cookies to try, and those are very good!
Thank you very much, Giovanni. We'll definitely stay his place when we visit Venice again!!