Host Helen Cassels did indeed welcome us, and son Chris helped us with our (HEAVY) luggage down the stairs from the elevator stop on the sixth floor. The flat is ideally located in Edinburgh and we had four wonderful days there. Helen has outfitted the flat nicely (IKEA?), and there were lots of coffees and teas in the kitchen - plus other food that we did not take advantage of because we ate out a lot (we recommend Jamie Oliver's Rustic Italian restaurant on Rose Street :-) We DID take advantage of Helen's marvelous collection of DVDs :-) My only concern would be the age of the apartment building which was not very well maintained and the elevator stopping only on the even-numbered floors was a bit weird... But thank you, Helen, for the use of your fun flat - with the terrific view of the Salisbury Crags - and the Palace :-)