Enough said already but I might add a few lines to the resume of Paris attractions. -Did someone mention about canal cruise on the river? It will be worth it. -Best months: May - August. -Cars? No I won't hire a car if I were you. It's just like London with its labyrinthine web of streets - boulevards rather and the traffic is just horrendous. So, take bus or the Metro - best means to get around places. If you happened to be a literary/arts loving type, why not explore the city's glittering literary history? Far too many names: Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Sartre, Camus, Beckett, Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Scott Fitzerald AND Ernest Hemingway, the Lost Generation's foremost luminary - who else! If you've got time, try the cafes on the boulevard Montparnasse, Hemingway's fav eat-out place. There's then Cafe de Flore on the boulevard St-Germaine where some god called Sartre discussed his weird existentialist rubbish (:-) with his 'not-so-godly' friends and ehh..also funnily found time playing footsie with his life-long companion and muse Simone de Beauvoir. Cheeky git eh! :-) Read Hemingway's 'A Moveable Feast' Also if you have got time, watch a Woody Allen film - 'Everyone Says I Love You' Paris is most definitely the most romantic of all cities - it has that rare charm. Gertrude Stein had apparently said: America is my country but Paris is my hometown. Like the big old Hemingway would agree, Paris is doubtless a big 'moveable feast' - it'll forever remain with you. Some fond memories. Oh well. Good luck with your trip *********** Captain, Billions of bilious blue blistering [bloody] barnacles.. :-) Long time no see!