First of all, Maris is a great host. Friendly, helpful and gracious.

The place was just what my partner and I were looking for -- with the Metro close and the MetroBus closer, by surrounded a wide variety of inexpensive food options from supermarket to street vendors but still within brisk walking distance of the Zocalo and Chapultepec Park.

The apartment itself was quiet, sunny, well appointed and perfectly comfortable. After a walk to the supermarket I had no trouble working up some chilaquiles in the kitchen for breakfast, the wifi was fast and reliable, and the art and books on hand an adventure in themselves.

You think you have a sense of how big Mexico City is, and then you spend a week running across the city only to be overwhelmed by the how much more there still is to learn about how much you don't know.

And whenever we got overwhelmed, we had a perfect place to return to and refresh and reorient ourselves.

I know I'd like to return, and probably stay a bit longer next time. Thanks, Maris!