I'm devastated! I've just been advised that the little apartment I've rented in Paris's 7th is no longer available for rent.

The rental firm has offered me two alternate locations: one is on rue Saint-Martin, Passage de l'Ancre in the 3rd, near Centre George Pompidou. The other is on rue Saint Paul in the 4th near the Seine.

Any advice? I'll be there for about the last week of May with my 12- year-old niece. Are these areas safe? Do they have good access to food shopping, etc?

Comments gratefully received!

Thanks.

Janice Toronto