We spent a week of holiday in Annika’s apartment and we really enjoyed our stay!
We were four people: my wife (45) , her parents (67 and 74) and I (44).
The apartment is spacious, with a very wide and sunny living room. It’s nicely furnished and decorated and you clearly understand that’s the place where Annika’s family usually live. Everything is clean and tidy. We slept well every night, because it’s a quiet street. Annika even left us food supplies and beverages in the fridge and suggested us to use what we needed.
We really like this Brooklyn district and we felt safe also when it's dark. The J line subway is only 5 minute walking, and it was suitable especially for my wife’s parents: after every day spent walking around Manhattan, they were always tired and they really appreciated they could easily reach the apartment to relax before dinner.
Coming back by subway from Manhattan in the late evening, we usually got off at Gates station where there’s a Key Food Supermarket (open till 9pm during weekday), full of everything we needed for breakfast and dinner. We prepared our meals using burners and oven every night, since Annika’s kitchen is very well equipped and so liveable that we felt like at home.
Unfortunately, we didn’t meet Annika and her family, since she was away for the week; yet she welcomed us by whatsapp and asked a friend to receive and let us in on our arrival, the first evening. During the week we kept in touch with her by whatsapp, but everything was so easy that we didn’t need much help.
On departure day, even if Annika was coming back to her home, she allowed us to leave our baggage inside the house, so that we could spent our last day of holiday untroubled until late afternoon.
We highly recommend Annika’s accommodation (it’s much better than our last experience in Brooklyn, last year) and we hope to find future occasion to repeat this fine experience.