We spent 4 days in Marie-Anne's lovely apartment in the very heart of Montmartre. We did not meet Marie-Anne herself but we were received by bnb-sitter Biagio who was extremely helpful and friendly, even carrying our friend's huge suitcase up. Considering the flat is 4 flights up (no elevator!), it was absolutely an admirable achievement. So we did not meet Marie-Anne in person, but through the way she lovingly and in a very thoughtful way decorated the flat (we loved your picture books!) and filled it with all imaginable amenities any guest might possibly need, we did get to know the host a little in some way. It's such a lovely place, it's spacious (we were with 3 people but 4 can easily fit), clean and full of light. And of course the location is unbeatable. You really feel like you're living among Parisiens, and still only a very short walk up to the extremely touristic but also not to be missed Place de Tertre and the Sacre Coeur.

We were in Paris before, but never before we felt so much in the middle of things. Montmartre is a most wonderful neighbourhood and Marie-Anne's flat is right in its heart, and still quiet enough to get a very good night's sleep. For our breakfast, we bought baguettes, ham and cheese on the Rue Lepic, which is just around the corner. On our first evening, we had a lovely dinner in a little Italian place, called Tentazione (thanks for the tip, Marie-Anne!), and the rest of our (too short) days we spent wandering around Paris (Musee d'Orsay, among others) and coming home at night to the flat never felt so good!

In short, we were extremely pleased and we really hope to come back to Marie-Anne's flat in the future.