Trip time

A few months back my loving wife for my 50th birthday bought me a new camera (see post re: fantastic four photos) and a 2 1/2 week vacation to France (mainly Paris) and Germany (Hamburg and Luebeck). The time in Paris is to catch some French concerts and listen to and try to speak French (I'm not as good as I used to be, which wasn't very). In Germany I wish to visit some of the famous Christmas Markets (Christkindlmarkt). It is a bit scary to go off on my own as I just got over two major surgeries in 2005 (one life saving). The appeal of being in Paris in the late fall (when it full of Parisians and not tourists) overpowers my commonsense.