Leely2

Iregeo, I have just booked an apartment for my first solo trip to Paris--would love it if you took up your report again.

Becca

I'd love to hear more, too! I'm going for my first solo trip to Paris this summer and am considering this apartment now.

Nikki

Becca, I stayed in the same apartment in November. You might be interested in my trip report:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=35168836

Iregeo

schnauzer, Leely, becca, I'm re-invigorated by your interest! I'll pick it up again shortly. In the meantime, if you have any specific questions, about the apartment or anything else, don't hesitate to ask.

I also posted a full trip report from my first solo trip to Paris. I don't know how to post links, but if you want to look it up, it was called "One blissful week alone in Paris."

plafield

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Nikki

Here's Iregeo's blissful week in Paris:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34667206

Iregeo

Thanks, Nikki.

atlatty

bookmarking

sf7307

Iregeo, so would this apartment be as wonderful for a couple as for a single? It certainly looks lovely, and your report, well it couldn't be better. It's a wonder what a few pictures hung on the walls can do for a place!

sf7307

And Nikki, too.

The kind of neighborhood you describe, young, working middle class, it just sounds so "right" for us. If you know San Francisco at all, I would describe us as "more Noe Valley, and less Pacific Heights"....

dandj2

sadly this apt is not available during our time in Paris. (9-29 thru 10/3)

i would never of considered this neighborhood before this and Nikkis trip report.

Iregeo

sf7307, the apartment would be great for a couple. It is over 500 sq. ft. The only drawback for a couple that I can think of is that there is not a lot of room to walk around in the bedroom. That said, the bed is large and comfortable and there is more than ample storage space. So, when in the bedroom, plan to be in the bed, and you should be fine!

Also, good San Francisco analogy! Just visited your fair city last week.

sf7307

Thank Iregeo -- it's bookmarked!!

And hope you had fun here last week - at least you got the good weather (it's finally raining).

nancy1652

Great report. I think a lot of people feel like you do about traveling solo; it's a real luxury.

alf1052

In a million years I would never have considered staying in the Paris hinterlands of the 17th. Thanks for the tip. You may be interested in knowing that Cardinal Sugers St. Denis is rumored to be the first Gothic Church to use the flying butress; an architectural innovation that allowed the great cathedrals at Rhone and Notre Dame to be built. Also, try the world's largest flea market at Cignancourt. It's the last, or first stop, on one of the metro lines.