It was a quitessential Parisian apartment, high ceilings, wood floor and hand railing, lots of original, characterful decoration, heavy front door leading to a quiet courtyard. One feels like being a Paris resident. Location in the bustling Gare du Nord area makes train arrival/departure a breeze (5 min walk).

Christophe was very accommodating of our arrival and departure schedules, and even left a bottle of champagne for us. We didn't have time for it, but appreciated the gesture. We also met Christophe at the end of the stay, and his family.

He also responded in real time when our US power extender caused a circuit jump (it did work later, just one of those random occurrences), and eventually he asked his friend to arrive in short notice to fix it, due to our boat cruise starting in an hour.

All very nice and warm, and tried to help us with the chaos created by missing the last Eurostar train to London for the day.