We had to leave our air bnb.

M on glass walkway

 This has not been the best of weeks. 

We arrived at creepy 17th century apartment on Saturday. It was like air bnb from hell. The four keys to get in plus code for the elevator started it off.

Now I can appreciate an older building as much as the next person but going inside and living in a 300+ old building is another story. It definitely looked it's age.

We start from the massive wooden door with the weird key to get in. As you enter, there is a long cement hall. You come to a staircase. Beside the staircase is a small courtyard that has an old well they used to get their water from. On the other side of the door is a door to the cellar where the ghosts of past residents roam.. 

We were on the 5th floor, so we used the tiny elevator which required a code to go to the floor. When you get to the floor, you step out on to a landing this is in the courtyard five stories up. Couple of steps up and you are in the hallway. First door that requires a key. Go in that door, go a short way down the hall to another door, another key. You havre arrived at your apartment door area and another door, another key. Go to the actual door of the apartment use another to get in. 

You enter into a combination living room, kitchen, dining area. It has the  original stone floor. The walls are old stone. There is a bathroom on this floor with the original old door. 

There is a very narrow iron spiral staircase to the left of the door. Going up is manageable. Coming down is dangerous. At the top is a bedroom with a closet and a bed up on a platform with stairs at the end. There is a sliding door that leads to a glass walkway that leads to another bed in a nook with slanted ceiling. You can see through to the 1st floor as you walk across the walkway.

I decided against sleeping on the 2nd floor due to the stairway. I'm 67 and it really was kind of dangerous. So I slept on the couch. 

The first night we noticed fruit flies. We thought, no big deal, They will go away. Nope . It was bad. They didn't go away. They were more and more of a nuisance. We tried the vinegar trick. Nope. Didn't work. So we decided we had had enough and moved out. The place had other problems. We are in a hotel til our next airbnb date.

Not a good week.

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