Marie-Claude did a great job guiding us through our first Airbnb experience in a foreign country. We did not speak French but she communicated with us in English promptly and was thorough in all essentials and extra questions that popped up. While she wasn't at the apartment, there was a very nice "bnbsitter" waiting for us who spoke enough English, we were delayed due to heavy airport traffic and concerned about the arrival time, but our host was calm and patient with us. We were greeted with a friendly smile, wine, biscuits and an apartment filled with lit candles! If you are looking for a sweet little pied-à-terre in the hip neighborhood of Le Marais, this is it. The bed is comfortable with a down comforter, the double shower (rain and angled) is powerful and stays hot...great when spending your days walking all over Paris! The tap water is drinkable so we just filled our water bottles up daily which was a nice bonus. The kitchen is fully equipped with anything you could need and a few condiments that come in handy and even an umbrella and shopping trolley! Its in a busy but cool little street side street, across from a gorgeous park called Temple Square. Right above a local coffee shop that speaks English called Fondation Cafe. Always busy. We bought local goodies and picnicked many times from the treasure of neighboring marchés, patisseries, boulangeries, cheese shops and produce markets. There's a book Marie-Claude provides with comprehensive selections for local and Paris dining, as well as several Paris guide books which were also helpful, all the suggestions we tried were great. Don't miss the restaurant practically next door Cafe Phillipe, which is new and not in the book! They open at 7pm, food of the season and nice wine selection. The meal and service was amazing. The entire area has great dining options that are filled with locals and hipsters. Ober Mama is worth the wait...go there at 7pm and put your name on the list for a table or ask for the bar (the menu has great choices) we went on a Wednesday and it was packed, ended up staying at the bar and cancelling dinner reservations. There are several metro stations in the area, a short walk, so we were able to get to anything right or left bank as well as Versailles without a need for car or taxi. We took a taxi from and an uber to the airport because of our luggage being too awkward for metro stairs. The pictures of the apartment are accurate, it's a small place but efficient and worked well for our 9 day stay. One of my favorite things were the partisan tall windows which let in the fresh air and light and street sounds which are a mixture of locals walking, kids playing nearby parks, church bells and delivery trucks supporting the local businesses. The windows were well insulated though and when closed at night the apartment...