Yves went out of his way to make us feel welcome as soon as we arrived, and made sure that we were settled in. The flat is exactly as represented - very clean with modern updates. The neighborhood couldn't be better in my opinion, as it's set back a bit from the major crowds, but only blocks away from the action. Very easy access to the metro, although we walked/biked everywhere (the city public bike system is great and available everywhere when you register online). As others had mentioned, we loved having a few essentials already waiting for us - especially the coffee/milk! The full size bed was a bit small for our taste, but that is probably only because we are used to our King sized American bed. Everything else was great - Yves even made sure we new exactly how to get to our next stop at the end of our stay, and gave us a couple extra metro tickets he happened to have, as we hadn't been riding it. Great host!