Mirko, Marcello and Mimma (spelling?), were all excellent hosts. Since Mirko was in Italy at the time of our visit, his brother Marcello and Minna, checked us in and responded very promptly to any questions or help we needed during our stay. Mirko was prompt will all his replies even with a 17 hour difference in our time zones :). He was able to answer all my questions and gave great suggestions. He went the extra mile by providing a privacy screen for our teenage daughter and extra linens for our son so he could sleep on the separate living room cough/fold out bed. The apartment was elegant,clean and even better I thought then the pictures showed. It was nice to be on the first floor and in a end unit and there was a little court yard to one side of the apartment The pool and spa were great on the roof top. The location was superb right in the Central district area on George St. and easy walking to the train, a few blocks from the Rocks, Circular Quay and the Museum of Sydney. For future travelers Woolworth's is the name of the grocery stores in the CBD. Food is very expensive in Sydney so it helped to cook a few times in the cozy/European style kitchen.The easiest way to get around Sydney to see the sites from this location is just use the train - the bus system was a little more challenging to figure out - the secret for using the bus system is to go to the website for the Sydney buses to map out your route then determine which bus to catch and where since they didn't have much in the way of printed routes available. Since we were there for a full week we just got a multipass Zone 2 for the week to get around on the trains, buses,ferries and didn't have to buy a ticket each time for every little trip. We would highly recommend Mirko and his lovely apartment in Sydney to other travelers and would stay there again if we were to visit Sydney again.