I'm with who ever said to skip Le Pain...don't do chains when you can get the best food.

I would stay in Paris instead of Metz.

We were just there and I did just fine with a great cashmere scarf, gloves a hat and my North Face "Janey" boots. They are waterproof and have great traction...and still are cute enough to wear with a skirt. I also wore a base layer top under my sweater on most days and that helped.

I took "hot hands" with me but never used them.

Denisea,

The OP, whose last post is directly above yours, just wrote that s/he has completed the trip.

But, thanks!

I'm happy to see that you had a good time and I'm looking forward to your trip report. I imagine you did have some troubles with the snow. The weather was exceptional and turned really bad a couple of days before your arrival. Now everything has turned back to normal here in Belgium: chilly and wet...