Champagne-Reims
Travel Blogs from Champagne-Reims, France
Yummy Mumm-y
... , it has to be a sparkling wine or undergone a second fermentation, produced within a specific region in France referred to as the Champagne region with Reims and Epernay as the commercial centres and contain one or a combination of the following grapes: ...
Champagne capital of the woooorld mwhaha
... this seriously IS the best champagne I have ever tasted. The city itself is rather boring, pretty but not much bussle. Mumms champagne cellars though are pretty awesome. I also strongly suggest to check out the Notre Dame Cathedral because this is one of ...
Champagne Country
A tour I'd been waiting for! We traveled an hour and a half East in the champagne region of France to a little town called Reims ( pronounced ronce) to visit a few of the champagne houses/cellars. I have grown to love champagne and was really excited ...
Bubbles baby
... we pushed on and have smashed most of the drive back to Paris. We are in Epernay which is near Reims and this town is the home of Champagne. Bloody grape vines everywhere and Neil, these ones look very old and very well cared for.\ Stunning ...
Champagne tour
I had a wonderful day today in Champagne France. I was collected by the tour operator Truong at 7.45 am (parischampagne tour.com) and headed to Champagne district (which took about 1.5 hrs) was presented with a bag of pastries(some chocolate filled), ...
Reims: Champagne + Wrong side of the road driving!
... which we plan to do tomorrow. Today we visited 3 houses... first was Mumm, then Veuve Clicquot and lastely Piper. Favourite champagne was derinitely the Veuve "Grand Damme" and then probably a tough choice between the NV Mumm and NV Veuve Rose. ...
Daytrip to Reims
... a museum connected to the cathedral that shows the history of the cathedral and the coronation/blessing of the kings of France. The cathedral in Reims was the place for kings to be crowned and blessed. There were a lot of tapestries and some ...
Champagne Country!!
... soooo organised that we put it out of our minds and had saved the numbers etc. for campsites for further on the trip after Champagne – oops!! Our memories and the Michelin map took us to the vicinity then it was a matter of finding someone – ...
Up the A4 to Reims
A nice easy drive to Reims the champagne capital of the world! The book had a free camp spot about a k from the centre of town which is quite pleasant, but a bit traffic noisy, but it will suit our purpose for one night. Number One Son and his wife and ...
Champagne Region!
... Shouldn't all tourist offices give out free alcohol? We walked around to a bunch of the different champagne makers in Epernay and then in Reims. Surprisingly Moet was not one of the most expensive champagnes they make there. We did ...
welcome to north europe
... wires but nothing. The spare bulbs are buried under all the tools. Cold and tired. I decided to get to the next hostel in Reims syrian style. No lights. Was a hairy 120 km. Arrived at 8 and got lucky with a private room and they also have locked parking. ...
On the road to Bordeaux...wine country
Hi All, We headed off for Bordeaux in our spanking brand new Megane Renault ohhh the smell of a new car!!!! Features of the car inlcude a rather unusual ingnition somewhere in the middle console under the aircon!! We had 4 hours of driving ...
Day 3: Sketch Trip
... , of course, we had to try some. As we stood in the middle of the street, in front of Reims Cathedral, with little plastic cups and a bottle of Champagne, 6 of us split the bottle (which equaled about a shot each). I don't know what good champagne ...
Reims
Reims 10/11-12 Salut tout le monde! This weekend I went to Reims, the champagne capital of France. It is only 45 minutes east of Laon by train, so I am sure I will return. It is a decent sized town, with lots of shops, museums, ...
Jour 6 : La route des rois de France
... ! On en profite pour relaxer un brin... Nous arrivons à Reims (prononcer "rince") vers les 11 heures 20 ; Reims est la ville qui a vu vingt-cinq rois de France être sacrés dans sa cathédrale entre 496 et 1825, soit sur plus de treize siècles. Et ...
The Mission
... and I experienced quite the adventure after leaving Epernay. All good experiences though! We first saw the cathedral in the city of Reims where all the French kings have been coronated since Clovis (thats right Mom, Clovis!) which in the 900s A.D. The ...
Enfin à la maison
... quand même... Cette dernière semaine, j'ai dû chercher un appartement pour la session d'automne que je passerai à étudier à Reims. Finalement, j'ai trouvé un endroit entièrement meublé très sympa (ah oui, j'utilise des expressions française ...
I 'Ave a Massage
... past seven years and we ended up taking a 60 mile detour through the French countryside. followed by a diversion into the centre of Reims, before we finally located the motel. By this time, it was getting late and about two hours past the time I wanted ...
Happy Holidays
... knows when I'll have another chance to do something like this? Next week, I'll be celebrating New Year's Eve (drinking champagne) under the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Then, there is Spain, Southern France, Italy and Greece among ...
Champagne for my real friends...
... got a pizza, then just sat on my bed and messed around on my netbook until I went to sleep. My only goal in Reims today was to do a couple of Champagne Cellar tours and get some free tastings at the end. It was lucky that this was my only goal, as ...
Champagne
... , they were literally caves, the oldest were roman chalk mines, and at the end we got to sample some of the champagne. We left Reims for a drive along one of the many champagne trails. This took us through several little villages and passed ...
Reims
... and Rhein river banks through small country villages preparing for the tourist season to begin. We sped past, determined to reach the Champagne house before the final control and another champagne party in the Hotel de la Paix. Our concerns about the car ...
French Contryside
... of riding in Reims. The day wasn't too promising. Complete downpour, cold......looks like my first day of riding in Dunkerque, France... Well, since I'm now equipped with Gum boots + webbed feet (you know, ducks...) from my BC experience, a good kick ...
Global (insert here) Management
Salut à tous, I have been in France for awhile now and I think that there are some things that need to be said. First, the good things: - Cheap wine - Cheap cheese - Cheap beer - The French and now, the bad things: - The French - French ...
Reims, only 2 hours for me
... is necessary. The city, Reims, was devided into two parts: northern city and southern city, by Reims Cathedral , where the kings of France got their crown. The northern part included Roma gate, cityhall, and some other attractions. ...
Champagne Celebrations
... the drive seem more beautiful. By lunchtime we had reached Reims our destination for the weekend. Reims is considered the champagne capital of France and lies in Champagne-Ardenne region (the official name) in northeastern France some 129km ...

