{"id":1124,"date":"2014-02-07T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:03:25","slug":"where-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1124","title":{"rendered":"Where in Paris…."},"content":{"rendered":"

My husband has been trolling the site Homeaway.com<\/a> for an apartment to rent for a week in Paris this summer. Last year we rented an apartment for a week in Rome and then one for another week in Cinque Terre. This combination worked so well that this June we have decided to spend a week in Paris and a week in Cannes.<\/p>\n

Finding a flat in Rome was very easy. I think that it took my husband about two or three days with emails back and forth to finalized a great place that was steps to the Tiber, five minutes from the Vatican and walking distance to all the other must see sites in Rome, except the Colosseum, which was a bus ride away. This apartment had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, it was completely renovated and worked perfectly for us.<\/p>\n

Paris has been a little different. After about a week, my husband found three units, all central with these trade offs –<\/p>\n

1. Latin Quarter – stones throw from the Seine, however, the kitchen is tiny and ill equipped. There is one bathroom, with a tub, but no shower. The reviews suggested that it was a little dirty, because guests are expected to clean it for the next tenants – not a great idea.<\/p>\n

2. Slightly north of the Lourve – this unit has a shower stall, but no bath. It looks nice but it’s on the 6th floor with no elevator – puff, puff, gasp!!<\/p>\n

3. The third unit was close to the river as well, but had a small bedroom in an open loft and another double bed screened off from the living room. There were no pictures of the bathroom – never a good sign.<\/p>\n

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All three of these were the equivalent of $2,000.00 for the week – yikes. We have since found another very small unit, at half the price, with a wonderful kitchen and bathroom, but it’s about a half hour walk from Notre Dame. I did want to be closer. We’re still looking.<\/p>\n

Cannes has not been a problem. We found a nice place with two bedrooms, a glass shower, balcony and a view down the street to the sea. I was also able to find several walking trails in the area and the train runs regularly to Antibes and a few other nice (no pun) places along the coast.<\/p>\n

No, Paris has been a challenge. I’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n

The picture? The entrance to our place in Rome last year.<\/p>\n

Have a great day!!<\/p>\n

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My husband has been trolling the site Homeaway.com for an apartment to rent for a week in Paris this summer. Last year we rented an apartment for a week in Rome and then one for another week in Cinque Terre. This combination worked so well that this June we have decided to spend a week in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1126,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/1126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}