Anne-Françoise was a kind and generous host, who made her little apartment overlooking an old school for the deaf and its garden, most comfortable. The apartment seemed better than the photos: the comfortable bed seemed bigger than a single, and the kitchen area big enough for a small sink, coffee maker, stove top, portable oven, and microwave. In the fridge Anne-Françoise provided milk, juice, soda pop, jam, and peanut butter. The apartment, only one short staircase up, is a short walk from Luxembourg Gardens and Metro and bus lines, not to mention restaurants, cafes, shops, a grocery store. I loved staying in the little apartment, especially being able to lie on the bed and look out at the garden across the street and to listen to the the old church beyond tolling the seven A.M. bells.