Pierre-Francois and his wife were very gracious to provide their flat for our first one week stay in Paris. This is an awesome place! Quiet, spacious, airy, accessible, and ideally located for exploring the Rive Gauche. Pierre-Francois was too kind to provide fresh flowers and a box of LAUDREE macrons upon our arrival. Much appreciated!! He also provides a personalized welcome booklet of several pages describing the environs that was quite useful during our stay. The flat has a washer and dryer that we made use of, so I only needed to pack half as many clothes doing wash in the middle of our stay. There is also a working fireplace we made use of during our visit in January, but the heating system in the apartment works very well, and we never had to adjust that during our entire stay. The elevator also worked very well, and was welcome as the flat is on the 7th floor in the US, Floor 6 in Paris. The elevator is European size, so we needed to move our bags in 2 trips. Otherwise, plenty of room for two adults. While this flat may cost a little more than other options, it was well worth the price for the week, and we certainly felt we got our money’s worth. Of places to eat close to the flat suggested by Pierre-Francois, we ate at Bread and Roses and Invictus. The first is a breakfast spot that was very nice, around 50 euros for 2 for breakfast with a lot of organic food. We ate dinner at Invictus twice as we loved the chef who comes to your table to describe what he is making that evening as specials. We never ordered off the menu either night, and always had something “off the blackboard”. The wait staff are also awesome, and it is a very cozy place. They make you feel like part of their family, even if you are not French. They are all fluent in English, but happy to help you practice your French as well. Around 100-120 euros for two with a bottle of wine, depending on what you choose for dinner. We had veal one night and lamb chops the other prepared with chanterelles and a reduction that was too die for! Those both included a vegetable, parsnips with a hint of anise one night that were lovely and pommes with herbs the other night. We also ate at the Relais de L’Entercote one night, a local French chain in walking distance that started in Paris and is frequented by lots of Parisians, so always a line that moves quickly. Best described as bottomless steak and fries. Only menu items are the wines on one side, and desserts on the reverse side. Everyone starts with the lettuce salad with radishes and walnuts, quite tasty. Followed by the steak and fries with a special sauce that contains dill among other things, also quite tasty. That was around 25-30 euros pp including one glass of wine and no dessert.