After a busy few weeks, I needed to get away for a quick 3-night retreat, and Sylvie’s place surprisingly happened to be available at the last minute. I knew what I was getting with the location: my favorite neighborhood in Montreal and 2 blocks from the excellent L’Avenue Mont-Royal, but even moreso I got exactly what I was looking for with the apartment itself. Quiet, private, a very comfortable bed, a peaceful ground-level patio, and most importantly in this particular August week, air conditioning. I will definitely look again for Sylvie’s place the next time I want to escape to Montreal.