Carolina's apartment is in the popular Rusafa area, lined in outdoor cafes where people gather every night for a drink and a visit, and there is an excellent grocery store a block away, which made it easy to stock the fridge and eat in when I wanted. The place is simple, clean, and extremely comfortable, in a building (good elevator) where families live. And, rare, the apartment has air conditioning. Although with the constant ocean breeze it was fine most of the time to just the large functional windows open, sometimes there were mosquitoes so the AC was a good summer alternative. I used the apartment as a workplace, then could comfortably walk to dozens of points of interest to end my day sightseeing or at some cultural event.