I'd like to begin by saying that my daughter and I had a wonderful nine days in Paris and we will always be grateful for this! Gary's apartment is pretty much as described by its pictures. Those tall french doors in the living room area are what caught our attention, and while one of them can not be opened, the other one can and the view did not disappoint. The location is fantastic as others have mentioned, just a quick block from the Odeon Metro which we used to go almost everywhere. There is also a cab stand right by the metro if you prefer. There are wonderful restaurants (used Yelp for all of our choices and had great luck!) within walking distance. We felt incredibly safe at all times. Just a couple of things to mention about the apartment that may help future visitors. The apartment building is very, very old and with that comes incredible charm but also quite a few quirks. The staircase is quite dark if you are trying to go from upstairs to downstairs at night-we used our iPhone flashlights. If there is a light switch up there that works, we could not find it. There is a light switch at the base of the stairs which will help you on your way up. The doors to the apartment and the bathroom don't open and close easily, the heated towel bar in the bathroom doesn't seem to be working, one french door was broken, had to buy new soap capsules for the dishwasher, and had to empty out the fridge from the last visitors which was kind of gross. Really, though, we're pretty flexible people so none of that was too upsetting to us. I think the bigger issues and the reason for one star off are that the apartment was not ready when we arrived. Gary's friend and the housecleaner were there to greet us. They told us they'd be done in a half hour. It was more like an hour but they were very nice and gave us the rundown on how to operate everything before they left. The other problem is the bathroom. The glass shower door only covers half of the tub and it needs to be repaired because it swings away from the tub allowing water to leak everywhere. In addition there's so little ventilation in the bathroom that condensation builds on everything in the bathroom; walls, toilet, sink, etc. (We had to wash and dry towels twice while there just because we had to use them to dry the bathroom.) There is extensive water damage along the lower walls so clearly this has been a problem for some time. I would not recommend this apartment for someone elderly as the step into and out of the tub is pretty high, and that dark staircase could also be an issue. Gary was very easy to communicate with, the sofa bed was comfy (no top sheet-is this a french thing? Just a bottom sheet and a comforter we found in a drawer), we loved people watching out the windows, and we loved, loved loved Paris!