My first time in Paris. I was doing a one month Ssolo trip from India and Paris was my last stop. And Quentins home was my second Airbnb so far. The other one was in Spain just before his.
I am going to share my stay at Quentin's place as an experience. As an experience moves beyond the space of good and bad. I booked airbnb because I wanted to stay in the house of a locale. How they live and what kind of homes do they have. For me a home is very personal space and when someone lets you in it is an honor to stay in their personal space.
Quentin was very nice to approach me when my flight landed. I was at the airport and then I had to translate the french to English as I dont know french to understand his msg & respond back. :) He gave me very well directions of the metro and I reached the metro station. After reaching the metro station which was right in front of his building I got lost :( and couldnt find it as map showed me a wrong address. Or I took the wrong turn with my luggage. I wasted 45 mins walking. That was really troublesome at first but when I am on an adventure in an unknown city I take it like that. After going round I finally found his building. I ddint realised it was self checkin as i didnt bother to go through airbnb instructions. But when I messaged Quentin that I dont know what to do, he did helped me out with all the steps. I would say it wasn't so easy for me at first. But I figured it out eventually. When I got to his place his brother and dog welcomed me and showed me my room. It was a very beautiful home with lot of inspiring art. Paris styled big windows :) .I did managed to meet Quentin briefly throughout my stay. But whenever I needed something I would ask him via msg and I could see the kind gestures he would do to make my stay comfortable even if he wasn't available personally. On my last day he even helped me out with the taxi app. I think only this much is enough to make your stay comfortable. Rest all one can figure out. The city was interesting, very crowded but it had its charm.
I am very grateful to have stayed at Quentin's place. It was an experience with which I ended my trip. ❤️
Best regards
Nisha