As enticing as Paris is, the highlight of our days was breakfast with fruit, condiments, humous, eggs from the Sunday/Thursday market, bread and tarts from the boulangerie around the corner, yogurt and coffee from Monoprix. My husband and I and our 30 year old daughter stayed in the house, plenty of space to spread our and have privacy as well as gather together. The collections of books covering the range of Francoise's academic intersts is exhilerating; I could have stayed put and read all day. We're walkers, enjoying the easy stroll to the left bank and beyond, hoping a bus or Metro if too tired to make the full trek home at the end of the day. The kitchen was beautifully stocked including fine china and glassware making for a delightful table setting. Francoise outdid herself in orienting us to her home and the neighborhood and helping us feel comfortable as her guests.