We were met by our host Vu at St Pauls Metro Station as previous arranged with a big smile and a friendly welcome. From here Vu guided us back to the apartment located in Rue des Rosiers which means "street of the Rosebushes" if your interested. We were then given the apartment tour and even presented with a welcome bottle of wine which was a nice touch and was very drinkable. I was suitably impressed that our host had been very friendly and informative about the apartment and also provided tourism literature which was useful.

Vu then offered to walk us around the local neighbourhood to help us with our bearings pointing out Restaurants, Bakeries and the general directions of the major attractions of which was above and beyond I thought but greatly appreciated.

No doubt you are wondering about the apartment and its location so I will cover the apartment firstly.

The apartment is cosy as described located on the second floor of its building. It will comfortably accommodate up to 4 people with sleeping arrangements being a double bed on a mezzanine floor and a sofa bed on the ground floor of which both are comfortable and clean.

The Bathroom and Toilet are separate and again very clean of which impressed my Wife & Daughter who are almost OCD about such things. The Kitchen is fully equipped and again is clean and contains everything you would need to cook a meal or just open a bottle of wine whichever you prefer or maybe both.

I think the best way to sum up the apartment is that it has bags of character and is exactly how I would imagine having a bolt hole in Paris to escape to and just enjoy life.

To go onto the location, the apartment is located and faces onto Rue des Rosiers which is situated in the 4th arrondissement which is at the centre of the Jewish quarter. This area is very trendy and has many boutique type shops, bakeries and eateries. One notable eatery which is a must to visit is L'As du Fallafel which is acclaimed for its Falafel sandwiches and the queues regularly stretch down the cobbled road ( must admit we ate there a few times it was brilliant both for food and atmosphere).

With regards to local transport to get around St Pauls Metro station is only 5 minutes walk from the apartment and it is the easiest transport system to navigate and you can reach any major attraction within 20 minutes .

So I hope I have been able to give you a flavour of the whole experience that accompanies staying at Vu's apartment and we were not disappointed in anyway ( well we were disappointed majorly that we didn't book longer - next time we will).

So thanks Vu you help make our holiday a special trip.

Andy, Nicols & Emily xx