Staying at Andreas' was great! Communication and in and out check went smoothly and the location is really splendid. About the location: Located directly next to the beautiful Montmartre area. This lovely part of Paris is crowned with the truly awe-striking shining Sacre Coeur church, and consists of narrow streets and alleys. Further on this region offers breathtaking high ground view on the city and harbors among other the Place du Tertre were it's buzzing with all kinds of artists: painters, musicians, writers etc etc. For centuries Place du Tertre provides the living proof that one can live from its art. Everywhere are artists busy making and offering their art, some of them look like they walked straight from a filmset complete with baret and a cigarette in the mouth corner. Surrounding area: (Boulevards!) From the higher laying Montmartre you can directly walk down in the direction of the Seine which flows through the centre of the city. Going this direction you pass the world famous Moulin Rouge theatre and find the typical but unrelentingly impressive Paris' boulevards. Broad and beautiful they run everywhere through the city, connecting everything from functional hubs to classical highlights. The boulevards themselves are already expression of the typical Parisian fear for understatement when it comes to beauty. Exuberant and absolutely royal they breath an air of unreal beauty and elegance, a funny mix of fuzzy romance with small decorations and green and the grandeur of aristocratic architecture pulled up in buildings and statues of big white stone. Walking here in the shades of the mathematically aligned green trees is almost a unique impressionistic experience. Browsing along you get continuously pulled along by an endless streams of classical architecture, beautiful high ranking facades and all along small tables of the cafe's were people are engaged in animated smalltalk, espresso or something to read. Letting fantasy reign free one almost can't help to feel part of something bigger here... the continuous cultural expression called Paris. It's like walking through living history, visiting Paris really is something unique. And Montmartre for that matter is one of the coziest tourist I know of. Paris in general A short remark on the urban legend of the rude French waiter: it's not true. We had really great experiences with the majority of the local bar and cafe staff. Word of advice here though: it's good to have the curtesy to at least try and speak some French. Things like "Bonjour" (Hello) "Au revoir" (Goodbye) when you arrive and leave is customary and highly valued, preferably even with "Monsieur" or "Madam", whichever might be appropriate in the context. Transportation Cheap and functions great, metro ticket costs 1,90 and that can bring you anywhere in the city in no time. Walking is also an option, Paris is really walkable and the infrastructure for it is good and save. (trottoirs, traffic lights and stuff.) About the accommodation: it's a good light room with nice two persons bed and accessible entrance and public transportation...