Tülay was a great host—casual, easy to be around, and kind. If our mornings intersected she offered me breakfast, and when I was coming down with a cold, she checked in and offered me herbal teas and honey and ginger. She also advised on some things to do. I exclusively used metro while I was there -- the stations on Itstikal Street. I'd read the reviews noting the incline between her place and Itstikal and it is for real. I mostly enjoyed the exercise, but, less on my last day when I was leaving with all my luggage, ha ha — but of course I was also weighted with sadness to be leaving!