Grand Du Nord Reims
75 place Drouet-d'Erlon Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, 51100, France
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Bubbly Anyone?
Today was a bit of a nice surprise for us both.
We made the journey from Lille to Epernay via Reims and to say it rained a litle bit was an understatement! We have been very, very lucky with the weather so far. It seems to rain on the travelling days from one place to the other and then the next seems to blue sky and sunny for the day when we are walking around. I call it the Markie Factor. :-)
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Christmas Market, Friends & Farewell (for now)
... face and said, “There’s no crying in hiking, Joni!” By the way, the picture of us hiking was taken by a stranger who had a tough time with the camera! :-)
This brings me to the topic of what we’ll miss when we go home (which will be on Sunday). Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not exactly the outdoorsy type. Yet, what I’ll miss the most will be the hikes in the hills. Walking in circles ...
Notre Dame de Reims!
Arrivee a paris a 11h00 heure locale, nous avons pris possession de notre rutilante citroen C1 1.0i
vers 12h30! Ensuite on a pris la route vers Reims en evitant les routes a peages, nous avons traverse plusieur petit village francais.
Nous ne sommes pas trop de deux pour tenter de comprendre les indicartions routiere, heureusement pour moi, mon copilote est vraiment bonne avec les cartes.
Nous somme arrives a notre hotel a Reims a ...
A Champagne tour
The tour to Reims started at 7.45am on Sunday and I almost didn't make it. I left home at 6.50am and got on the metro to go to the meeting place opposite the Tuileries Gardens. When I arrived at the station where I had to change, the line I was supposed to go on was closed. This meant that I had to go half way back the way I came then go on 2 more trains. I finally arrived near the Louvre and had to run 3 blocks, getting to ...
One Fantastic Cathedral but the Parking was Tough!
... to the fact that campervan parking was practically non-existent and that the sense of time here is irrelevant, our day got a lot better! We parked horizontally in the car lot, hoped for the best and headed out! The Cathredal her is absolutely fantastic and the history is actually richer than Notre Dame in Paris. Every king or queen of France has actually made the treck to Reims and held their coronation in ...



