Franck's place is in a perfect location and very easy to get to. Take the RER B to Chatelet Les Halles. Follow the yellow M1 signs (it's a long, winding walk) and take the M1 Metro towards Chateau de Vincennes. Get off at the Hotel de Ville stop. Use the Rue de Rivoli exit from the metro. Coming out of the exit, make a 180 degree turn, turn right on Rue du Renard, go one block, and turn right again on Rue de la Verrierie. Franck's place will be the red door just down the block on the right.

It's tempting to come above ground at Chateau Les Halles and walk, but if you do that, you'll be dragging your luggage over cobblestones.

You can also use a car service arranged by Franck.

The place is nicer than the photos, though as another reviewer has written, the floor does creak very loudly next to the pull-out couch, so anyone sleeping there may wake up when you go past them on way to the bathroom at night.

The kitchen is fairly well-equipped, though we never used it for anything but cutting cheese and bread. Who cooks when visiting Paris, especially with great restaurants like Les Philosophes and L’As du Fallafel within walking distance? There is a fantastic pizza place very close to the apartment called Le Second Empire on the corner of Rue du Renard and Rue de la Verrerie. Try a pizza with an egg in the middle. In the opposite direction down Rue de la Verrerie, there's a charming square a few short blocks down with a number of somewhat touristy, but OK restaurants. If you come out of the square and turn left on Rue de Rivoli, there's a good supermarket a few blocks down on the left.

Having read other reviews about the leaking shower, we were careful to take very short showers and wipe up any water on the floor. We still got a visit from the downstairs neighbor, though, who complained that the water was ruining his ceiling and was hazardous since there was wiring in the ceiling.