Today we took a drive away from the city to visit the Vallee du Champagne. In the village of Epernay we visited the Mercier winery and walked past Moet & Chandon while high-fiving Dom Perignon. A short drive later we were in Reims staring at yet another grand cathedral where all the Kings of France were crowned. At the end of the day Matt and I made dinner for Jenny and her parents; escargot and champagne were included.
La voie de LaLiberte (from WWII American troops)
Champagne!
Le Fouder
Le Fouder- pulled by 24 oxen to Paris for the World’s Fair
It holds 200,000 bottles of wine!
De De, Moi & Matt
Caves of the winery
Carvings out of the chalk walls
Bottles, just waiting to be turned!
De De et moi
Ceiling of the caves
Hand dug in 1877
Cave tunnel
The bus we sat on
Images of the process
Nebuchadnezzar
Un bisou!
Ma maison
Laying bricks for the street
Epernay
Jenny’s House
Art deco canopy
Huge wooden door
Moet & Chandon
Another famous name
How much is it a night?
Holler Dom, way to go!
Haha
“Bar Le Pub”... how very French, Irish, and English
Streets of Epernay
Bath house
Farming region
More vines
Coq!
Small church in a village
Streets of Reims
Reims Cathedral
Under repair unforunately
Rose Window
I didn’t cry, but it was still cool
Restoration of statues
Vaulted ceiling
Lonnnng chadeliers
Alter
Organ
Damaged window
Famous French artist
Impressionist stained glass
I heart floor plans
Detail
More modern stained glass
Some light reading
Love this shot
And then there was light
Silhouette
Throwing out pitch signals
Streets of Reims
Matt eating escargot for the first time!
Escargot & Champagne for dinner
Roqueforte cheese craters!
