Carmen's apartment is in a great central location, close to multiple metro lines. You'll need to enter thru multiple security doors to enter the apartment which is tucked away in a safe location. We ran into a couple other residents in the building, all were very kind and greeted us accordingly. The apartment was clean and spacious, and had a lot of amenities, including a washer/dryer combo which allowed us to pack light. There was a nice collection of travel books on the wall, which made for a nice read at night for our plans the next day.

We found a nice grocery store diagonale (called "Monoprix" ?), which had fresh fruits and necessities. Carmen also had drafted a very informative write up on how to get the the apartment, things to see, resources such as ATMs, etc.