The view itself was totally worth it! The sight on the Sacré-Coeur and the Eiffel Tower is the best we ever experienced in Paris, especially at night!

This apartment is the place where Sylvain lives, but he was out of town during our stay. The loft is nice with lots of natural light and the kitchen-lounge-bedrooms space is an open space (many windows and no doors). The white curtain that separates the two beds, however, does not leave much room for privacy. Also, you can hear the trains going to and leaving from Gare du Nord, but fortunately there are not too many on weekends.

We had breakfast on the balcony every morning with croissants and pastries from the bakery downstairs and the other bakeries in the neighborhood. A small "G20" grocery store is conveniently located in rue Myrha. You will find the stuff you need for cooking and baking there. There also are a bunch of cafés/bars in the street downstairs for a drink or a quick lunch.

The La Chapelle métro station is kind of far away (given the dense subway network of Paris), but ligne 2 is great to go straight to the Arc de Triomphe and the cimetière du Père Lachaise. Plus, ligne 4 is only one station away--Barbès-Rochechouart--and you can go straight to Notre Dame and the Catacombes from there!

My spouse and parents, who are from the US, had a great weekend in Paris for a great price. Sylvain is nice and, even if we did not get a chance to talk in depth, I am sure that he has great stories to share (he lived in Brasil for a while!).