We had a fine experience in our five-night stay (although, to be candid, we had momentary doubts when we first encountered the dank lobby with its uneven stone floors and worn wooden stairs) and would return in a New York moment. The excellent location is a few minutes’ walk from the St. Paul Metro stop, on the edge of the Jewish Quarter, and an easy ride to any place in Paris that we wanted to go. We loved walking the charming Le Marais neighborhood, especially a night-time stroll “home” after a delicious two-hour dinner in one of the area’s many intimate bistros. The compact second-floor walk-up – which we considered more of a studio divided by a glass wall than a true one-bedroom – is modern, comfortable and bright with wall of windows (overlooking a skylight and an interior courtyard – a recognizable setting for us ex-New Yorkers). The listing photos are generally fair representations of the interior, although the upstairs landing smacks more of an old Paris building than the picture suggests. We used the small but efficient kitchen (also familiar from our Manhattan days) to prepare breakfasts of cheese, bread, fruit and tea from local markets and evening snacks of pastry from the Murciano bakery at the end of the block. William was an excellent host, handling all communications promptly and meeting us at 10:00 a.m. so we could drop our luggage after our early morning arrival.