Faty was a good host. Her place is cozy, and she puts out a simple breakfast. Nothing fancy, but definitely worth the prize of staying in Paris. It's a little out of the way from downtown, in a commercial district, but it's near the Seine and you can see the Eiffel Tower from the area. The public transportation options getting there are good though, so it was worth being a bit out of the center in order to save some money. I would advise other non-French-speaking travelers to have some basic French as I found it a bit hard to communicate with her (I had one semester in college). Nothing that we didn't work through though, and she was always very helpful and positive.