I can't wait to come back to Paris & stay at Stephane's apartment again!

Although I didn't get a chance to meet Stephane (he was out of town for the holidays), his lovely sister and kind mother were nice enough to greet us at the apartment (they were flexible enough to meet us 3 hours later than our intended arrival time because we missed our original flight to Paris and had to book a later one), give us a tour and explain/show how all of the super modern appliances in the apartment work. The 2 comfortable 2 bedroom and 1 bath was perfect for 3 people and would have been just fine with 4.

The 11th arrondissement is a wonderful neighborhood for casual night life (Rue de la Roquette) and the Sunday market on Bld. Richard Lenoir is to die for. The apartment is very close to various metro stops and buses. Another perk is the grocery store diagonally across the street from the apartment and there's an excellent bakery up the block and delicious restaurants at every other corner.

I highly, highly, highly recommend staying at Stephane's. He is an excellent communicator. He responded to every message sent to him within two hours. Hopefully you, the reader, are not staying there the next time I intend to visit Paris :-p