We found Emilie to be an exceptionally thoughtful, warm and helpful host, who made us feel welcome immediately. We were new to the city (visiting from the UK as part of a California road trip) and she gave us plenty of really helpful recommendations of places to go during our 3 day stay (including child friendly places as our children are 6 and 8). It so happened that whilst we were there, Emilie was looking after her grandchildren during the daytimes and as they are similar age to our two children, she kindly invited our kids to join them upstairs in her apartment for cartoons and arts and crafts in the mornings when they got up - our kids were thrilled to bits!
The apartment itself was clean and well-equipped, with plenty of room for 2 couples and 2 children and there was even room for my friend, who babysat for our children, to stay one night (which Emilie kindly said would be fine).
Parking directly outside was very helpful as we had a lot of luggage! And we liked the neighbourhood, which was an easy point from which to reach other parts of the city.
A great introduction to a wonderful city, which we would highly recommend. Thank you Emilie for helping to make our memories of this part of our trip so lovely.