Ibis Reims Centre

... were walking out with carts full of Cases of wine, not to mention all the cheese, fois gras, ham, mushrooms, and other french goodies that were up for grabs. We spent a piddly 5 hours drinking wine, and now have a much better "education" of French wine. But after a couple hours, food was definitely in order. Istead of opting for the 9 euro fois gras sandwich, we got the pate en croute, which we soon found out is not supposed to be eaten ...

... even Glenn!<br><br>She said:<br><br>As usual, I begin with accommodations. We arrived in Reims with three hotel options.<br><br>Since I was such a good sport in Paris, I was rewarded with the option of a bathroom in the room this time! Once again, Glenn and Pam waited with the bags as Chad and I began our ritual tour for an acceptable place to stay.<br><br>We ended up with a place in an ideal location, with a bathroom IN the room, but with some rather comical ...

... perfect lair for a comic-book villain, but I&#8217;m pretty sure that wasn&#8217;t what the builders were going for. One thing that&#8217;s kind of surprising about these churches is the fact that they don&#8217;t really have grand plazas or entrance courts like you would expect. The approach to Laon was basically winding street &#8211; another narrow winding street &#8211; another street ...

... Quick Burger is I think their equivalent of Burger King (since its not as yummy as McDonald's) and is pretty decent and very cheap. <br><br>We made our train in plenty of time and after our transfer in Epernay I fell asleep rather quickly until arriving back in Paris.<br><br>All in all we consider that our first trip out of Paris, without a tour guide, was extremely successful. We enjoyed every minute of it and are anticipating our next excursion... maybe to Bordeaux?!

... our dinner the french way with a glass of Kir Royale.<br><br>It was our last day in France and our Champagne exploration was not over. We headed off to Epernay the next Champagne capital in France to visit the famous Moet &amp; Chandon, explore the cellars situated on Champagne avenue and of course get a picture with the famous Dom Perignon. No not the prestige cuvee of Moet and Chandon but the Benedictine Monk who doubled the size of ...

... around in the vicinity for at least another 20 minutes.<br><br>When we got to the rental office we were helped by a young man with excellent English. After some more time we loaded up our shiny new Ford Focus and drove out of Paris. Driving out of Paris is easier said than done, however. It really is a big and busy city. It took over an hour to get out. Even though it was midday by now, the ...

... translating over his voice!! AHHH! It was soo distracting.  So I livestreamed CNN.  However, it turns out that the French TV was using CNN coverage, and they were seven seconds ahead of my livestream.  So like a freak, I kept the TV on mute so I could see what was going to happen next, while watching the speech sans francais on my computer!!   And that is how this ex patriot spent November 4/5 2008.

... containing the bones of St. Ursula (the poor woman's body seems to be spread out everywhere...), and one that shows Jesus rising out of an open coffin, called the Reliquary of the Resurrection (but what's inside?). Reims itself is a picturesque little city, a nice change from the bustle and large buildings of Paris. This is champagne country, and I treated myself to a ...

Today Richard and I woke suffering with a tummy bug from something we ate, maybe the snails or just all the different foods we have been trying. Richard chose to spend the day at home. By the afternoon both of us were on the improve which was good considering we had a second appointment with the bank to try and open an account ...

... väga emalikult, justkui nad toidaks oma lapsukesi. Kuna ma ei saanud prantsusekeelsest menüüst väga palju aru, siis valisin ma täitsa suvalise roa ja R osutas tellimuse esitamisel kõrvallauas istuva noormehe prae poole. Üllatavalt kiiresti saabusid meie valikud ka lauda ning lähemal vaatlusel osutusid need lausa maitsvaks ja toitvakski.<br><br>Jõudes tagasi &#353;ampanjakeldrisse, ootasid ees vaid mõned sakslased. Kuid pikapeale hakkas rahvas kogunema ...