This is a terrific apartment. Access from the train station via the number 24 and 16 (?) trams is simple. Well furnished (excellent mattress in the rear bedroom!), very comfortable, light and airy. Very nice patio in back. Convenient to shopping (not the consumer kind, the daily kind), the famous and immense Albert Cuyp market is just around the corner. De Pijp is a very nice neighborhood in transition. Although becoming hipper by the year (sad to see the Starbucks moving in on Ferdinand Bolsstraat) it still retains some of its earlier funkiness. Restaurants and cafes abound, and the Sarphati Park is very close by. A pleasant 15 minute walk to the museums and Concertgebouw (if it is not raining), or if you are feeling lazy you can take the tram to the Musemplein.

It's hard to find a place in Amsterdam that is on the ground floor, so it was a pleasure not to wrestle my bags up the usual steep and windy Dutch staircase. The layout is very nice: the two bedrooms are isolated from the living area and from one another so late night activities will not disturb those who wish to retire early. Although my stay was not long enough to use it, the kitchen is well equipped: gas range, large refrigerator, super-quiet dishwasher, all the utensils & pots and pans that you would need to regularly need to eat in.

Communication with Ella and her representatives Fred and Chiara was smooth and efficient. I would recommend this place to anyone, and would stay here again in a heartbeat.