answer:@thornimud and I will gladly be your tour guides! First, go visit the cutest grandson in Paris. Seriously, I would recommend two sightseeing orientations: the Big Red hop-on/hop-off bus tour of central Paris highlights. There is an English audio guide and if you stay on the bus, the tour takes 2½ hours, but you can also get off at any of the stops (many are places you list above) and then get back on another bus. The other tourist trip I would recommend is a bateaux ride down the Seine at sunset . This starts in front of the tour d’Eiffel and then on the return – after dark – you will see the Tour all lit up in gold. Spectacular. The bus trip starts from the Eiffel Tower and other places as well and you can get a combo ticket for the bus and the boat if you want. Montmartre – where the best-beloved grandson lives – is touristy and crowded around the Place du Tertre and Sacre Couer but still worth walking around in the afternoon and evening. Enjoy the views and musicians from the front of the Sacre Couer and look at the artists in the Place. However, if you meander down some of the streets at the back of the Butte de Montmartre such as Avenue Junot, rue Norvins and rue de Caulincourt, you will discover real magic. If you have the time, there is a small museum of Montmatre that is well worth a visit. Another museum you might want to go to is the Musee D’Orsay which houses a wonderful collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art. Go to St. Denis (not far from Notre Dame) for the wondrous blue stained glass windows. Stroll around the ile St Louis and the ile de la Cite. Leave time for cafe sitting and people watching, particularly at the thin, fashionable French. Eat a croissant from a different bakery every morning and do a taste comparison. Look in shop windows, particularly patisseries and boucheries/charcuteries for the beautiful displays. As for where to go on day trips, I like Normandy a lot and not necessarily for the WW 2 sites. Honfleur is a lovely fishing town; Rouen is a great small city. They are both somewhat at a distance so you might not want to go there. However, two shorter excursions are Giverney where Monet lived and worked and Chartres Cathedral which is stunning. Both are easy train trips from Paris. Most people go to Versailles – I’m not enamored of it; it is crowded, ostentatious and overwhelming but you might want to go there. As in any city, wander and wonder.