We recently spent a week at Marianne's beautiful apartment in Amsterdam. Marianne was a delight and went out of her way to make us feel at home. The apartment was lovely! It is situated in a clean, new family neighbourhood, well located only a short tram ride from the central station in Amsterdam. There were at least two nice restaurants and excellent grocery stores close by (I especially loved the Turkish grocery store near the tram stop that had gorgeous fruit and excellent salads and Turkish food available). I would not hesitate to recommend Marianne's place to my friends!