400 metres of cave.

An aptly named 'street' in the champagne cave!!!

Another big box ticked today - a visit to the GH Mumm champagne caves. All grapes are hand picked and up until quite recently all bottles were hand turned. When it's times to finally take the sediment from the champagne the bottle is upturned and just the bit at the top (that contains the sediment) is physically frozen and removed - very clever!! We sampled a glass of champagne at the end of the tour. Apparently there are 4,000,000 bubbles in every glass. O...

Reims' Notre Dame cathedral.

The street outside our hotel. Just love all the goings on. It all seems so alive. We left Paris just after lunch and arrived in Reims by VFT less than an hour later. We could see our hotel from the railway station!!! It's right in the thick of the action. Reims is overlooked by the massive Notre Dame gothic cathedral. (Yes, another ABC ie. 'another bloody cathedral') Each cathedral has a point of difference and this one's a beauty. There has been a cathedral ...