The view is spectacular! Not only do you get a full on Eiffel Tower view out the living room patio, you also get the length of Champs-Elysees, from the Lourve to the Arc-de-Triomphe. And we also loved that the Metro was just a 5 min walk away. If you're looking for more local flavor than what is offered by the restaurants on Champs-Elysees, then the little alley where the apartment is situated has many little brasseries with great tasting food. There's even a boulangerie dangerously close to the apartment which has divine croissants. The supermarket, Monoprix, is a 10 min walk down Champs Elysees.

John was a wonderful host, although we didn't have the pleasure of meeting him in person.

The one thing that let us down was that the Wifi was not working during our stay and that made things a little hard. John did try to salvage the situation as mush as possible but with it being the holiday season I suppose it was hard to get the immediate help needed.

P.S - while we stayed, the lift wasn't working throughout our stay so we had to use the staircase. It isn't insurmountable and honestly, the view just made it worthwhile for us. Also, we figured we were getting in our daily share of cardio in to have an extra croissant and coffee everyday :)