Looks Can Be Deceiving #2

Joe always does a marvelous job booking us places to stay. He certainly does his homework, that's for sure. When he was choosing us an apartment to rent in Paris for this week, he based it on location. We have location in spades! Our apartment is one block from the Seine River, right across from Notre Dame Cathedral.

We drove in from Vezelay yesterday morning. Joe is becoming so used to the French way of doing things, he just pulled up onto the sidewalk and put on his flashers while we unloaded the car.


We were looking for 73 rue Galande. We found it.






We opened the narrow door and were expecting to step into a courtyard like we have in the past. Nope! Just a long ugly hallway with buzzing and flickering fluorescent lights.


At the end of the hallway the stairs began.


Are you ready for the climb? Okay, let's do it.





Oh, let's stop for a little breather shall we? Let's look out the window from the stairs.


Oh, isn't that a lovely view. Let's keep going!





Don't stop now! We're almost there!








Oh, here we are. Home, sweet home.

At this point Joe and I are saying to each other "This better be good!"

We opened the door....


...and it was good!


Our bed and dining table.


The other end of the bed.


The sitting room.


The kitchen.


The view from the bed.


The view out the window.

Looks can be very deceiving, non?