Reims: Champagne and Cathedrals

While my mom and Jan were in town we took a trip to Reims to visit a couple of champagne caves and walk around the old town center with its historic cathedral.  The plan was to leave early Monday morning and come back Monday evening to have dinner in Paris.  Unfortunately, I missed the train (long, boring story but basically I forgot my tickets at home...) and had to catch up with the ladies after their first tour.  The good new is they both agreed the first champagne producer had horrible champagne!

Here are some pictures from our visit.  It was a really nice day spent outside of the city!

French TGV trains get you anywhere in a snap!

 I'm convinced Paris has an obsession with carousels, but maybe it's all of France?

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims

Magnums of champagne

After the tour we had to walk up several hundred stairs for the champagne tasting.
Definitely worth it!

When we got back to Paris I took the ladies over to the Canal St Martin for an aperitif.  It's a fun and trendy area of bars that frame the canal and make it a great place to go and have a drink outside when the weather is nice.  We definitely enjoyed a relaxing ending to our long day with a nice cold glass of white wine ... ahh!


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