Carole's apartment is perfectly situated for walking into town. There are many restaurants and shops near Hôtel de Ville and it only takes 5-10 minutes to walk there. Also, there is a metro and bus station in 1 minute reach. There are multiple supermarkets (including an organic supermarket), a superb bakery (try the baguette), a dry cleaner, multiple restaurants and clothing stores close to the apartment. Furthermore, Parc de la Tête d'Or is reachable in 10 minutes walking distance. It's perfect for a run or walk.
The room itself is cozy and clean. Once a week, a cleaning lady cleans the apartment including the room. When standing on the bed, I could watch beautiful sunsets through the roof window and as it was a particularly warm March, I had my windows open the whole day. The kitchen is shared with Carole, her daughter and another tenant. The kitchen is so very well equipped, that I loved cooking there. You have your own fridge, which is shared only with the second tenant, on the upper floor. The bathroom on the upper floor is shared only with the other tenant as well, which at my time was another female student.
Due to corona virus my studies were cut short and I had to return to my home country six weeks earlier than planned. Of those six weeks I only had to pay the two remaining weeks of the current month. Carole let me shorten my booking and I didn't have to pay for April. This is one example of Carole's great hospitality and kindness.
Overall I enjoyed my stay very much and will be back if ever in Lyon again! Thank you Carole :)