The Riviera sounds and looks lovely but we're more interested in the places you mentioned in Paris. My daughter is taking her second year of French in High School, it is her favorite subject. I am relearning some of most of what I forgot from my six years of French! England is at the top of her list for the big tourist draws in London and a side trip to Cardiff for the Dr. Who stuff that they have there. Some other year we'll get to the Riviera. Cloudy, cool and a bit of rain is fine with us, we get more than our fair share of sun here in So Cal!