We were met by a friendly person, Elaheh, who made us feel immediately welcome. Although the apartment is a bed-sitting room, it is decorated tastefully and has everything we needed to be comfortable. The kitchen is well-equipped and even had provisions as well as a useful set of dishes and pots. The sofa-bed is quickly assembled each night and was comfortable. As Brazilians, we were happy to discover that there is an efficient, easy-to-use heating system to take the chill from Paris in October.
But the crowning virtue of this rental is its location on the Ile de St. Louis, on a streeet with good restaurants, small stores with excellent French groceries, across from the beautiful church of St. Louis on the Isle, and with all the boutiques your pocket book can handle. We were amazed at how many places in Paris that we wanted to visit we could reach on foot or with a short, convenient Metro ride. The views of the Seine from the island are unbeatable: they gave us the full sense of what it means to live in the heart of Paris.
We enjoyed our visit, despite the fact that we fell ill from colds during our twelve-day rental and had to spend more time indoors than we cared to. We hope to return to Paris another time soon and will certainly try to rent this apartment again when we do.
Best to the Borzous,
Louis and Dora