What a wonderful service Anne provides! She thoughtfully queried our interests and goals for Paris and tailored our tour accordingly. Truthfully, after hauling our exhausted sleep deprived bodies into our Paris rental, I think we might have been content to sleep the next week away, intimidated as we felt at the prospect of tackling the mystery of Paris. But Anne coaxed us out, meeting us in front of our apartment the next morning. She showed us the most interesting way to explore our immediate neighborhood, revealing a narrow multi-block covered passage that we would never have found on our own. She pointed out wonderfully eccentric storefronts and great neighborhood food vendors and she gave us indispensable tips. Then she helped us learn the Metro system, showing us the nearest portals and actually taking us into other arrondissements where she continued the lessons of exploring Paris. We started feeling safe, like we could do this; we weren't afraid anymore. Sure that we had enough information and skills to make it back to our apartment, Anne left us happily eating wonderful food at a corner cafe feeling confident in our own new navigating muscles.

Had a great time with Emily and her family! We covered a lot of ground together.