Rosie did welcome us warmly for sure. Her home is near to so many museums that we could walk. There is public transportation system available all the time. From airport, it was only 25 minutes. Room was comfortable enough for a couple except that if guests have heavier luggage, they have to haul it all the way to the 3rd floor.

Rosie was very explicit in laying down the law of the home, expected behaviors and ‘do and don’ts. However, whenever we made a request, there was an excuse about a German guest who caused problems for her earlier.

1)Her ‘continental breakfast’ was an item to talk about. It included, one slice of cold bread for each and a couple of cakes (basket was cute though). And the coffee provided was the morning one she prepared for her family heated in a microwave for about 30 seconds No toaster to toast the bread. We opted out of her breakfast for the remainder of the stay.

2)And forgot to mention. She is big on cultural sensitivities so much so that when we asked if we can use her kitchen tap to take drinking water to the room, she pointed out that bathroom/toilet tap is good enough to get water. We got water bottles on our own.

3)No hair dryer in the bathroom – when asked for it, it was blamed on that German guest spoiling some electrical stuff. However, the day before we leave, she offered a hair dryer but by that time, my wife got her hair done outside.

4)No body wash/soap/shampoo was provided (we got it on our own).

And to give credit to Rosie, we had to arrive a day earlier due to some program changes and she did make the room available with no fuss. Thank you Rosie for that.

In the end, we managed to have a good time but we did look forward to leave that place soon as we never felt comfortable or at ease, unfortunately. I do know that my feedback might upset Rosie but I thought it is worth taking the risk for future guests and for herself to improve hosting. Thank you.