This place is a slice of heaven - Zoe's cottage is conveniently located two blocks away from Ashby BART station which will bring you anywhere in the Bay Area and to San Francisco. A Whole Foods Market as well as the Berkeley Bowl Market are within walking and cycling distance, as are several good yoga studio's and coffee places (Rasa Caffe!) The neighborhood is safe, residential and is very friendly, as is Zoe! Zoe's the perfect host: quick to respond to any questions before and during my stay and she made me feel at home and welcome from the very first moment I set foot in the cottage. I very much enjoyed our talks when coming home or going away, with Zoe usually working in the garden. The cottage is amazing: It is a beautifully done wooden cottage that has everything you need: a comfortable bed, a couch, a dining table for two (which I also used as my workspace even though there is also a desk), a fully functioning and equipped kitchen and a bathroom with a tub. Besides all this, the cottage also has its own private deck that overlooks the garden where hummingbirds, blue jays, squirrels and raccoons are having a ball. It was clean, very quiet and to be honest, I had an extremely hard time leaving. After two days in the cottage I knew that I wanted to stay there during the second part of my visiting scholarship at UC Berkeley, so I already booked the cottage again for 8 weeks in 2019 and I am counting the days.