Our family spent the week of Christmas at Evgeny's home. Evgeny promptly replied to any question I had, the house was sparkling clean, and we loved walking around the neighborhood and chatting with the neighbors. There is a wonderful little store two blocks from the house with the best croissants I've had outside of Europe. We drove to Montreal from North Carolina so that we didn't have to rent a car and the parking was right next to the house, making it easy to load and unload our bags. The week we were in Montreal the temperature was rarely above 0°F and the house stayed nice and toasty. I highly recommend visiting Montreal, staying in Evgeny's home, and visiting the Atwater market nearby!