A few views of the exterior area of our new apartment.

The entrance to our new apartment.

This incredible doorway is right down the street. I’ve always loved it.

We enter into this great courtyard now. They always have flowers planted. It’s nice to see plants that aren’t in pots.

And, best of all, our elevator. It is really small but so nice when carrying groceries or suitcases.
You know, we never would have found and bought this apartment if it hadn’t been for the Paris board on AOL before they changed to their current system. I really miss my old boards. Anyway, I used to post on the Paris board especially when I was new to Paris and one day I received an email from a lady who said she thought she lived near me. We met for coffee one cold winter day and I met her husband that day in her apartment. We became great friends. One day I told her that if she ever wanted to sell to let me know. She told me that she didn’t think that would happen as she was sure that her children would want it. Then later she called and said she would sell it and here we are. It’s really hard to find apartments right now. We were so lucky.