My 15 year old son and I had a very nice stay with Heleen and Karel in Amsterdam. On our arrival Karel provided us with a map and gave us some excellent recommendations on good ways to spend our time in town. He even shared some fresh figs from his tree in the garden! On our first evening we took advantage of his recommendation of a very nice restaurant called Radijs on a quiet canal only a few blocks away. We found that we could get everywhere we need to go in the city by using the 12 or 13 tram just around the corner on Admiraal de Ruiterweg or by using Tram 7 right there on Witte de Withstraat. The room was very comfortable and surprisingly quiet at night even with the window open. We had a little trouble with the wifi (important for my 15-year-odl) but I was able to fix it by adding another DNS server address to the wifi network settings. We were especially grateful that Heleen and Karel allowed us to leave our luggage in the hallway after checkout to give us a few more hours to explore Amsterdam. We had a very good experience in their cozy home.