This was a nice clean studio on a quiet street. It is on the first floor, so there was some noise in morning from people going to work and kids going to school, but quiet the rest of the day. Close to Metro station and lovely neighborhood. It is a tourist neighborhood, but this apartment is not on a tourist street. A beautiful walking neighborhood and very convenient.

Phillipe was very gracious and pleasant host. There were some communication problems at first as I had trouble reaching him when I arrived in Paris, primarily due to lack of pay phones in Paris (there are none) so I was trying to email but he was not where he could read his emails.

I had a very pleasant stay there. My only problem was the lack of reliable internet. He has wireless but I could not get online most of the time and when I did it was very slow. I ended up having to go to train stations and other public places to use the internet. Phillipe was regretful of this and said he would change the connection to something better.