Another thing... you can get online and reserve a time to go up the Eiffel Tower. Otherwise you'll stand in line for a long time. Google "Eiffel Tower Tickets." My internet is slow as molasses tonight.
Think about going to Montmartre. I love it up there. There is a walk you can do from one metro station (the one with the murals--I think it's Abbesses) that goes up a street past the two remaining windmills, through a park with a statue of a saint holding his own (be)head (forget his name) and approaches Sacre Coeur from a different angle rather than pushing through all the crowds up the main approach. If you're interested, PM me and I'll look it up online when I have better internet. I might even still have it in a word doc.
There is a little map booklet called Paris Pratique available at almost any news stand. My husband swears by it.
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