Nora's place was a great find. For those of you that it might matter, the apartment is in the predominately gay district of Chueca and this atmosphere is not subtle, for us it was a great change and not a negative. The apartment sits right over the plaza so can be noisy but hey this is Madrid!! The entrance to the Chueca metro station is literally 10 meters from the front door so access to anywhere in Madrid including the airport is right there. Ira takes care of the check in and checkout and she was super accommodating and invited us to drinks the first night and gave us the low-down on the local restaurants, groceries and the like.