The receptionist at our hotel had recommended a restaurant on Saturday night which we didn’t make it to but it was closed last night being a Sunday night so we asked her again where we could get a meal and she gave us directions to a 5-10 minute walk away. The first one that we came across in the area she recommended looked nice so in we went. We both really enjoyed our meals¸ Kim had lamb with roasted vegetables which she said was really nice especially the jus/sauce and I had salmon which was also very nice. We splurged and had a dessert also, Kim’s was a strawberry fondant with a shortbread base and I had a crème brulee. Very nice, very filling. We haven’t eaten out a lot as we are always so busy sightseeing, etc. and when we’re ready to eat it hasn’t been their mealtimes or we are so buggered after doing everything that we can’t be bothered and just have a snack. Back to our hotel for a coffee, ready for another wonderful day tomorrow.
Bit chilly this morning as it seems to be lately even though the weather is still in the high 20’s, again today about 27 and sunny. We left for Epernay just before 9:00am to make sure we had enough time to find Moet & Chandon. We found it ok so parked the car and went down the road a bit for a coffee. Whilst we were there a couple from America that we’d met and were chatting to yesterday at Pommery’s came in. I went over to say hello and they were so pleased to see us. We told them we had a 10:30 reservation at Moet & Chandon which they said they would try and make as well. We did go in a little early and didn’t see them there so figured they’d missed it. The tour again, like Mumm, was very informative, and as previously mentioned had another sample of the champagne all in the name of research. After we came out and were wandering through the shop they came over to greet us, they’d done the tour after us, apparently they didn’t like the Moet as much as they did the Pommery. We had no real opinion on any as we don’t usually drink champagne but it didn’t seem to stop us in the tasting rooms!
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| Kim at Moet & Chandon (tasting room) |
We left there and wandered for a little while around Epernay and then stopped for lunch, I had a salad which came and was a bit like an egg and bacon on lettuce with a few slices of tomato which came in a bowl and Kim had lasagne and salad. Taking pot luck can be a gamble sometimes when you don’t understand the language but the salad was tasty all the same.
We then left to head back into Reims where we arrived at about 2.00pm. We went upstairs to unload and then headed across the street where the city centre is and wandered around there for the next couple of hours as we hadn’t had much of a chance to see the city sights because we had been out enjoying the champagne!! They have trams here that are longer than in Melbourne but some have the overhead lines and some don’t and they are extremely clean both inside and out.
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| Notre Dame Cathedral in Reims |
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| Tramline in Reims |
Both Reims and Epernay are both nice towns, Reims being larger than Epernay. Unfortunately there weren’t a lot of shops open in Epernay being that it is Monday. The receptionist here wasn’t sure why that was but it has happened to us somewhere else because of it being Monday. Anyway it was nice to stroll the streets and have a look around at the different sights without having to go in and out of shops.
We have to try and compact all our luggage down tonight as we leave for Paris tomorrow and drop the car off. Wish us luck cause I think we are going to need it!
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