Both Valerie and his apartment were awesome. She gave us precise indication on how reaching his house wich is, by the way, just a few meters from the Subway station. Even the aparment is small it offers everything you need for a small holiday; kitchen with microwave oven, coffee machine and kettle, dishes and pots, not to mention the wonderful wiew of the famous rooftops of Paris. The apartment is at the 6th floor of a nice building (with elevator) in Bastille wich was an absolute discovery. As I said the subway station just next to the door let Paris letteraly at your feet. You can reach any place you want to see in no more than half an hour and the site has plenty of nice restaurants and bar just two corners away; and don't forget to see the farm market on thursday morning! If you want to stay in Paris Valerie's aparment an excellent idea.