Charles is a friendly, exuberant, welcoming host who made us feel right at home and offered plenty of advice and tips about visiting Québec. The apartment is recently renovated, in excellent condition, and decorated very nicely. The kitchen is fully equipped--you could prepare a gourmet meal for six here. We found the bed really comfortable, although that's a highly individual preference. The immediate location is a commercial area--there's an office building across the street and a storefront in the ground floor below the apartment--but you don't have to walk far down Rue St. Paul to find quaint streets, restaurants, cafés, and galleries. There's a supermarket and pharmacy five minutes away. It's about a twenty-minute walk to the Vielle Ville. You can either go up a rather steep hill or walk around the hill, toward the river, and take the funicular from the Lower Town. Definitely check out a restaurant called La La a couple of blocks from the apartment--a friendly, casual, neighborhood place with really, really good food and a nice selection of inexpensive wine and beer.