Claudia pro-actively contacted us in a timely fashion prior to our arrival and departure with pertinent information and greeted us on our arrival day with a quick, but useful tour of her place. We did not need any other correspondence during our stay, but had a couple quick airbnb chats as she checked-in to see how we were doing. She also left us a nice set of books which included useful information about the metro, local attractions, and the French language.

The location of her place for our needs was excellent providing us with a convenient metro station that basically allowed us to get anywhere in the city very efficiently. Furthermore, we think the Le Marais area in which her place is located is a great place to explore in its own right and is within walking distance of a ton of great attractions.

The size of her place is larger than we expected for a location in Paris and is plenty for 2 people. Since it is not exclusively used for rentals you do need to work around the fact that it is filled with the hosts' belongings, so don't expect a large amount of room for your own items.

The neighborhood is generally quiet and peaceful throughout the evenings although on weekends if you leave the windows open expect some ambient noise from nearby establishments. You can also set your watches to the arrival of the daily garbage truck pickups as the standard deviation off 7:15AM is remarkably small.

There are 77 stairs on the winding staircase up to her place which will definitely give your lungs and legs a workout each day (we feel we can reach K2 basecamp now after our 25 days of training). ;-) However, this is really only majorly pertinent on the days you are carrying your bags up and down (arrival and departure) unless you have some physical limitations that preclude you from walking up long, narrow, and winding staircases.

We had a wonderful experience in Paris and enjoyed the location and convenience of her place so much that we will certainly stay in Le Marais area again when we return.

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