The Paris Apartment

Sarlat-la-Canéda, Aquitaine, France
Monday, April 21, 2014

Talking about the tiny kitchen in Sarlat has reminded me that I haven’t told you about our apartment in Paris.

Our apartment was above the balcony

It was on Rue du Roi de Sicile, in the 4th arrondissement (the Marais district). The location was fabulous, walking distance to Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, the Latin Quarter, la Bastille etc. Our street was parallel to Rue St Antoine, the main street running through town. We were about 2 minutes walk from the St Paul metro station and a taxi rank. We had a Starbucks almost across the road, and several excellent restaurants, cafés and bars within easy walking distance. Not to mention the clothing and shoe shops. They were everywhere! I restrained myself though, only buying a couple of skirts and a T-shirt in preparation for the warmer weather we were expecting in southern France, Italy and Prague.

Yep – the TV was that small!

Mini Kitchen

The apartment was on the 3rd floor of a lovely old building without an elevator, but with a spiral staircase instead. It was lovely though rather awkwardly small in places. Like the toilet and kitchen. The toilet was so narrow that my shoulders almost touched both walls simultaneously. And the kitchen had almost no bench space. The shower sprayed water all over the floor so we had to have our wits about us when stepping out to avoid going for a slide. Having said all that, they’ve done the best they could in the space they had. It was beautifully refurbished with all the mod cons. Alex slept on the queen size sofa bed in the lounge room and Adam and I were in the bedroom on the other side of the wall.

This has to be the tiniest loo in the world

As a base it was excellent, but if I were going for a self catering trip I’d choose somewhere with much more bench space.