ok, so mm has a potential co-traveler for early january to paris......paris is always a good place to go....the part i like about paris in this situation is the freedom to see things at leisure...i have been to paris 10 times.......three times with family on a schedule......3 times with school children, and 4 times with full-freedom but meager funding.........this time i will have meager funding but a more mature use for that funding...........i cannot wait.........