Hotel Le Bon Moine Reims
14 rue des Capucins Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, 51100, France
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Bubbly Anyone?
... at the hotel and weren't too surprised by what we got as it was the same hotel chain as the one in Boulogne-Sur-Mer. It was much better though, quite nice actually, as it was new and clean.
We had dinner and managed to discover where we actually were. I had just booked this area because it was the max distance we can put Hudson in the car before he starts getting shirty. So to our surprise Epernay ...
Christmas Market, Friends & Farewell (for now)
... her English. She and her husband moved here from Belgium after retirement and started making wine. They now sell some of the most expensive wine in the world. Her parents were both survivors of concentration camps. Her mother escaped through a small hole; her father was found and rescued (he had been left for dead) when the Americans came to liberate the camp.
One of my blog posts was about having patience. Imagine how ...
Notre Dame de Reims!
... aucunes erreures de parcours!
Ensuite on s'est ruee vers le macdonald pour se couper la faim avant de partir arpenter les rue etroies de la ville avec notre petite bagnole. une fois stationner, on a passer quelques heures a visiter les attractions principales dont la cathedrale Notre-dame de Reims, la basilique st-remi, la place royale et la place du chapitre.
Prener note que Reims se prononce "rince" comme dans rince-bouche!
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A Champagne tour
... the champagne is made, although this one was more impressive as we were either standing in front of bottles of Dom Perignon or walking through part of the 28 kilometres of underground cellars. The cellars are carved through the limestone which keeps the temperature at a constant 11 degrees celsius. Dom Perignon is their most famous brand and it is named after a Benedictine monk who pioneered the making of champagne.
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Cathedrals and Champagne
... is now very hungry! 4:00pm and no lunch yet! We go along the rue de St Germaine and find a patisserie where we have a coffee and cake then discuss where to go next. Anne says to go to the Notre Dame, so off we go! This is interesting to see as we had seen the Reims cathedral that morning and the 2 are supposed to be similar in stature. Anne says to go in, so we line up and slowly wind our way into the cathedral where mass is going on. ...



