The place itself was pretty nice, only missing an AC for hot summer nights. The host was not around, but her mother (who lives in the same building) was. She was very nice and received us with q free bottle of wine. The only downside is that the building just in front of the apartment is a high school, so we were woken up to the kids screaming every morning, and had to keep the blinds shut since the high school windows are 20 feet from the apartment.