We found the studio very practically and artistically organized. We cooked breakfast every day and microwaved meals we bought from Monoprix supermarket the first day or so while we dealt with Jetlag. We found the walk to Notre Dame pretty easy, but we also found our way to the Metro very easily after the first day or so. (Bonjour RATP is an app that’s very helpful in planning.). Can walk to a lot of places, just not as pleasant to do when it’s a hot day, or if you know lots of additional walking will be needed when we get to our destination. So we rode the Metro. = )
We felt very safe at the studio. It’s very quiet there as far as no street noise. You can hear the neighbor come home but nothing once they went in. We slept with the window AC unit running, and we’re pretty tired each night so even that noise wasn’t an issue.
Lots of restaurants where locals were hanging out and restaurants where they spoke to us in English. Don’t know if those two were mutually exclusive, but there were lots of options. Sunset was at 10pm(!) but we were never out that late, again, due to Jetlag, and with so many people eating or enjoying a cocktail outdoors, it felt very safe to be walking around in the neighborhood. With the Wi-Fi, and the local SIM card, we had quiet evenings in the studio after dinner.
We’ve really enjoyed our visit to Paris! It was nice to have a home base we can trust. Thank you, Carla and Ashot.