Bernard was extremely helpful and informative and the apartment was homely and clean with a touch of elegance. The bottle of wine on arrival was a very nice thought! I was very interested in Bernard's amazing linocut artwork and he very kindly showed me his work studio and shared his techniques with me. We found the area around Place du Jeu de Balle market to be rather scruffy but there were lots of impressive antique shops in the area as well as some selling vintage clothes. Unfortunately there was rather a lot of noise on Friday and Saturday evening, into the early hours, as there is a nightclub a couple of doors away.