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Reims Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Reims, France
A good hostel experience
This is a top pick! ... I am having trouble with my computer (won't play video) and needed to fix it as well as see the town. Reims has the largest cathedral in France, so methinks it's worth a little visit. I was getting a little lonely not having anybody to talk to (the ...
Yummy Mumm-y
This is a top pick! ... , 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
Now 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 ...
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
Well 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.\ ...
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!
... from Reims! Well, we've made it to Reims after a little trouble working out how to book a train ticket on a public holiday in France on the day we wanted to travel! Oh, and for the uninitiated, Reims is pronounced "Rance", not "Reems" or "Remms"... ...
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!!
Once we had conquered the ferry and then were well on our way we both realised that although we had booked a campsite for the first night about 3 weeks ago neither of us had actually taken note of the address nor could we remember the name of it…we ...
Champagne Region!
... 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 a guided tour of the ...
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
... is where it comes from. So, 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 ...
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 ...
Road Trip Part 5: Reims
... road trip was memorable to say the least (right guys? ;) ) We spent the night in a town called Reims, famous for its position in the Champagne region of France. And, since it would be odd not to, we appropriately toasted some bubbly (thank you Che!). A ...
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
... celebrating New Year's Eve (drinking champagne) under the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Then, there is Spain, Southern France, Italy and Greece among others. To everyone: I always appreciate receiving some news from all of you. Don't ...
Champagne for my real friends...
... some free tastings at the end. It was lucky that this was my only goal, as today was apparently a national holiday in France, so EVERYTHING else was shut. Still, I achieved my goal, and went to two separate cellars. One of the ...
Champagne
... nice town on top of a big hill, and got lost coming back down. Other then that we arrived with out a problem. Reims is a nice place, but not all that exciting. We went on a champagne tasting tour at Tattingers, which took us down into ...
Reims
Finally, we arrive in France. A long drive cross country from Koblenz took us along the Mosel 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 ...
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 ...
Driving in Provence, Part 2 - from the road
... visited a few other small nearby villages and ended our Provence journey yesterday with a trip to Carpentras where we saw France's oldest synagogue from the 14th-century. This morning we left Provence and spent the entire day driving north - 8 ...
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 ...