Hello, Marta: I hope it works out. They are lovely, interesting people. My last trip was last September, again to southern Italy; we drove from Amantea in Calabria to the Amalfl Coast area, making quite a few stops along the way.

Please keep us up to date on the rental and let me know your plans in NYC. Good to "hear" from you!

I have been following this with interest. We usually stay in apartments, cottages or B&B's when we travel in Europe so I was quite surprised reading all of the above.

I love the look of the apartment mention by ekscrunchy, we will be in NY in November and top of our list was the Inn on 23rd in Chelsea.
What would be the pro's and con's versus, Chelsea to Harlem?