First of all, Cristina's directions to her place was perfect. There were five of us -- all completely new to Venice -- and three of us used the water taxi and two of us used the train and we all got to her place without incident.

Cristina was very sweet, flexible and laid back. Our flights were delayed and one of my friends contacted her indicating that he would be the first to arrive and she didn't hesitate, she just welcomed us in even with a slight change of plans for arrival.

She provided a lovely artichoke plant to greet us in the living room, she was very responsive but very considerate of privacy (i.e. I asked for more toilet paper and in the morning, on the doorknob was a bag of toilet paper! ). She also gave suggestions for sites. The apartment was in a very awesome location (next to a pizza place, a water taxi, a bridge to the center of town and a gelato place!), it fit us five (3 singles and a couple), had A/C, was very clean and a biday (spelling?)...although, I was not brave enough to try it.

Great host, great place, great location! Thank you Cristina!