Christiane's apartment is exactly as beautiful as the pictures make it seem. The apartment is clean, well supplied with linens, kitchen utensils, a washer/dryer, etc. I stayed with Christiane for 12 days and truly cannot praise this apartment highly enough. I was anxious about the apartment being on the first floor, but the building is very safe and quiet and there is a beautiful garden in the courtyard right outside of her windows. There was never any concern about privacy as the neighbors tended to keep to themselves. The location of this apartment is perfect whether you like to walk around Paris or take the metro, this apartment, located on bustling Rue Saint-Dominique between Boulevard Tour Maubourg and Rue Cler is a great location to launch from but it's outside of the major hustle an bustle of Paris in a beautiful neighborhood. You will truly feel like a Parisian in this apartment. From a communication perspective, Christiane is comfortable conversing in both French and English and although we didn't get to meet her for check in or check out, we got to meet her wonderful son, Philippe, who was amazingly helpful and checked in on us throughout our stay. Additionally, we had a change of schedule for our check-out and Philippe was happy to let us stay a bit longer so we had a place to store our bags for another hour or so. This apartment could not be more perfect!