Our Pied-à-terre

Our little pied-à-terre from VRBO

Dylan and I arrived at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris around 8 am. The two of us boarded the thirty minute train from the airport to the city center, with four pieces of luggage and a metro map.  A local Parisian that spoke beautiful English helped us find our metro stop first metro stop Châlete Les Halles and we transferred to the yellow line towards the Bastille.  Luckily we kept our tickets in our pockets, because we needed to use them again when we changed from the first metro to the second metro, so if you take the metro be sure to hang onto your ticket at all times!

When we walked through the exit of the metro we could not tell North from South, but luckily there were several maps on the streets of the city that assisted us in finding our way. (Later on in our trip we learned that the maps on our cell phones worked in airplane mode, which would have also helped us out a lot in the beginning.)

Our little apartment was on Rue Popincourt just off the main road of Rue de la Roquette. When we arrived to the address provided by VRBO.com and were greeted by our landlord. The landlord did not speak one word of English and we were very limited on our French, so we used a  lot of hand gestures and smiles to help us communicate. It is amazing how much information one can communicate with a genuine smile.

We had a studio style pied-à-terre with a small kitchen with all of the essentials, a modern bathroom, and a couch that turned into our bed. It was the perfect space for the two of us to drink wine, make Parisian meals, and rest our feet after long days of walking.

            Dylan cooking our first meal on 6/10/2014

Renting the apartment was an amazing part of our trip and I would recommend everyone interested in staying in Paris to stay in the 11th district. The 11th had everything we needed from trendy boutiques with local flair to grocery stores like the Monoprix and our favorite the Carrefour to hole in the wall restaurants and bars.