[PeppyGPhiB]

Check out Tripadvisor.com for suggestions on hotels and some activities, and Lonely Planet's Thorntree can be good too. I wouldn't even know where to start.

Suggestions regarding money: bring credit cards/debit card w/Mastercard or VISA logo, and some Euros that you've exchanged here in the states before your visit just to cover things like taxis. Get the rest of your cash there, from ATMs, and try to pay for major purchases with credit cards instead of cash. That way you won't have to carry a lot of cash around. I haven't been to Hamburg, but I can't imagine you would have trouble finding ATMs there since I didn't even have problems finding them in Greece. Don't bring travellers cheques. You won't have any problem finding ATMs when you need cash in Paris.

I would not carry money in your pockets, since pickpocketers seem particularly skilled in Europe. My friends and I use money belts when we travel in Europe, and none of us have ever had anything stollen from us. I got mine at REI. The money belts slip under your clothes and are totally hidden and comfortable. You just have to be subtle when taking money in and out of the belt.

Oh, and I wouldn't bother with the language translator. You won't use it.