The apartment was exactly as described: private, super clean!!, easily accessible, quiet and secure neighborhood, close to some local fav's. Tiara is as busy a host (working) as were were as guests (i.e. we used the apartment for a base camp to decompress and re-group). That said, we did not meet our host, although communication was still great when we needed it...so no problem for us. We had what we needed including our favorite Gevalia coffee and some bottled water. You gotta have a car in Nashville, public transit seemed a challenge at best, but the freeway loops made getting around pretty easy with GPS. We got the impression though the town's gonna see some growing pains: traffic, 13 cranes on the skyline!!, and alot of people everywhere. We got to see/hear some great music, hiked a bunch, took in some touristy sites, had delicious food everywhere, and had a comfortable home to stage from...what else could we want? Perfect, thanks Tiara.