Just back from a lovely long weekend in Paris staying at Michel's quaint and charming apartment. From the airbnb site I'd thought that the apartment was on the street front but in fact it's through the nice little courtyard shown on the pictures which made it very quiet.

Having been to Paris before and done the obvious tourist things, top of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Arc de Truimphe etc. we just really wanted to wander around the city and sit at pavement cafes to people watch and that's pretty much what we did this time, but as someone who has recently started cooking for fun I wanted to buy fresh produce at a market and have a go at creating a meal from scratch.

Michel showed us how to get to the wonderful Marché d'Aligre which we visited every day and we also shopped at Bastille Market on Sunday, there are several nice boulangeries very close to the apartment too - Back home at Michel's apartment I was grateful for the free wifi as I had to discover how to fillet fish - thanks to the free internet I managed.

He also recommended a local restaurant where we had a superb meal on Saturday evening and as we intended visiting Sacré Coeur, which we'd missed on our previous trip, he showed us on a map of Montmartre the nicest route to the top.

I've written a little more on my photography blog at http://davidyoungphoto.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/19-05-2012-paris-dy-2856/

In summary I'd recommend the apartment and even more so Michel as a host to anyone looking for a home from home in Paris