[Rick Lee]

If you go to Paris, you must make the short drive east to Reims. That cathedral is just awe-inspiring. Only the Terra Cotta Army beats it, IMHO. I think you can buy tix for the Louvre online and bypass the lines. Or maybe it's one of those value packs of tickets. Can't remember for sure, but there is a way around that. Wasn't that bad last time I was there three yrs. ago. If you head southwest, there are a lot of great WWI cemeteries and sights to see. We started out in Strassbourg, stopped in Verdun to see some WWI stuff and then went on to Paris with a stop in Reims on the way.