We spent a night at Michelle's place. Her place is not very easily accessible to public transportation. Fortunately she greeted us at the station, otherwise it would have been quite difficult to find her place. The route to her place is not straight forward and it is UP THE HILL. The town of Roxbury is not very efficient in snow removal and it's policies. Many of the residents did not shovel the snow on the sidewalks, and we had to walk on the road which is very dangerous, particularly in winter. After we reached her home there were many stairs to climb. So, be prepared!

The distances mentioned in the ad are erroneous. To reach the T-stop alone, it takes 20 minutes. MFA is at least another 20 minutes from there. And LMA is about 15 more minutes. If you are a marathon runner you can make it in the times that are posted. Otherwise not!

The apt.ment is shared by another gentleman which was not known to us since it was not disclosed in the ad.

The house is nice, but very old. One interesting feature [I have never seen it anywhere else!] is that the bathroom sink has 2 separate faucets on the 2 corners of the sink. One produces very cold water, and the other initially cold and then warm/hot water. There is no mixing of the cold and hot water. Michelle also mentioned that the shower takes a while to get to the right temperature and you have to be patient.

Unfortunately, the host forgot to turn the heater on in the room and it was very cold and the window was drafty. She also did not change the bed linens. I could not fall asleep until about 4AM. She told us that we will have to leave with her in the morning at 9AM, so after just about a few hours of sleep I had to wake up and get dressed to leave. Did not have the chance to test how much patience was needed to take a hot shower. She made some delicious blueberry muffins for breakfast.