This apartment was wonderful! Just as described and the patio was a so crucial after a long day of wandering around the incredible neighborhood and city. A nice breeze flows through the place when you have all the windows open. It's very quiet at night as well.

So many great eateries and bars in the neighborhood as we discovered from the hand drawn map that Ilse left us! We were so floored by this. Hand drawn with numbers for eateries and bars as described in the corresponding sheets. A personalized guide to Roma Norte and none of the places we went to disappointed.

Amazing coffee can be found in a 2 minute walk to Cucurucho, those guys were the best and always offered suggestions for sightseeing, etc... they know their Mexican history well and are proud of it! Coffee beans from Oaxaca and Chiapas, espresso drinks rivaling the Bay Area. These guys are coffee snobs in the best way possible!

One of my favorite tacos of the whole trip was on the corner just across the street from Cucurucho. Street vendor, orange canopy. Amazing. Get a maciza taco with everything. Very lean and tender. Don't forget to eat some of the papalo leaves for palate cleansing and with help digesting. 15 pesos. Less than a dollar and they're huge. One does the trick before heading out for the day!

Ilse and Diego were very quick to respond to any questions we had and were more than happy to help find me a laundry service in the neighborhood that was so great and cheap! Lavanderia Roma on Zacatecas. Highly recommended. (We stayed for 10 days!)

The Sumesa super market had everything you'd ever need + pharmacy, La Michoacana ice cream shop on the corner has the best paletas. Grab one on the way home and have a seat on the sidewalk. I recommend the Nues and Mamey.

And once you are home, the kitchen has everything you need to cook the produce you bought from the Condesa farmer's market on Tuesday morning (a must visit). Flat screen TV with Netflix, etc... is a comforting thing to have when you just wanna chill.

Go to Panaderia Rosetta and have some amazing pastries. Bar El Sella is close and a great day time drinking and snacking place. There's too much to mention here. And I'm sure I'll remember more great things after submitting this, but...

Trust me this place is a must book! Very close to the metro and Ubering is criminally cheap. Kind of too easy actually. We walked a bunch, never felt unsafe (we're from Oakland) and hope to return to this place or at least this neighborhood when we do come back. And oh yes, we will come back!

Gracias Ilse y Diego!!!