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    • TravelerFrance 2022
      Day 8

      Up, up and away in Épernay

      September 21, 2022 in France ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      While we were wandering around the town we kept catching glimpses of the tethered balloon, so we decided we may as well take a ride and hopefully see some spectacular views 150 metres up. We chose the “with champagne” option - nice in theory, but not very practical and pretty crappy champagne. I think our taste buds now demand fine champagne and can’t tolerate the cheap stuff.

      We had wonderful 360 degree panorama views out over Épernay and the surrounding champagne region. Bronwyn is claiming this as her first balloon ride but I am challenging the veracity of this.      Read more

    • TravelerFrance 2022
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      Day 6

      We DO get our kicks from Champagne

      September 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Today we had a busy schedule. In the morning we toured the Moët Chandon Champagne House, which is the largest House in Epernay. It was established in 1743 by Claude Moët. The company was renamed Moët et Chandon in 1833 after Pierre-Gabriel Chandon de Brailles became Remy Moët’s son-in-law and joined the company as a partner of Jean-Remy Moët, Claude Moët’s grandson. They did not start producing champagne until 1840 and introduced their first vintage in 1842.

      Initially their champagnes were very sweet and were drunk for dessert, but they started to produce dryer ‘brut’ wines to appeal to English tastes. The Poms wanted to drink their champagne with their meal! It is one thing the French now thank them for. Their best selling brand , Brut Imperial, was introduced in the 1860’s. Their best known label, Dom Perignon, is named for the Benedictine monk, who is remembered in legend as the “Father of Champagne”.

      Moët & Chandon merged with Hennessy Cognac in 1971 and with Louis Vuitton in the late 1980’s to become LVMH (Louis-Vuitton-Moët-Hennessy), the largest luxury group in the world. Moët & Chandon produces 28 million bottles of plonk annually!

      There are cellars that we toured are 15 metres down, but there also cellars 30 metres below ground and they have kilometres of tunnels! The tour was very informative and fun and at the end the sommelier Brian explained the process of how the Imperial Brut is made, before we all said “chin chin” and drained our glass. We had a chat to a friendly group of Americans who were on a day trip from Paris while we were quaffing our champas.      Read more

    • Südfrankreich
      Day 1

      Start in Epernay🥂🍾

      May 24, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

      Heute 6 Uhr ging’s auf in Richtung Frankreich. Von Frankfurt aus haben wir rund 4h gebraucht. Die Fahrt war relativ entspannt, wenig Verkehr. Angekommen haben wir uns mit einem ersten Hafermilch Cappuccino und Macarons belohnt.
      13 Uhr Stand eine Führung bei Moët auf dem Plan 🥂🍾
      In den unterirdischen Gängen lagern unzählige Schätze (rund 1 Million Flaschen). Nach der Verkostung ging es von Epernay noch weiter nach Reims. Dort befinden sich neben Pommery noch viele weite Champagnergüter, aber dieses war mit Abstand das imposanteste. Von Ruinart waren wir zum aktuellen Zeitpunkt recht enttäuscht, jedoch findet dort ein Umbau statt und die Visualisierung lässt hoffen 😉👍🏼
      Zurück im Epernay ging’s zum Check ins Hotel und nach einem kurzen Restaurantbesuch im „La Banque“ direkt ins Bett. Wir sind seit 5 Uhr auf den Beinen und wollen unsere Kräfte schonen…Morgen gehts weiter nach Paris 😍🇫🇷      Read more

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    • TravelerFrance 2022
      Day 7

      More higlights from the day and night

      September 20, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      We saw so much today and had such fun with a great group of people, here are a few more photos.

      Tonight we had planned to eat some delicious food from the local charcuterie, however, after consuming a bottle of Vintage 2006 Moët & Chandon Rosé we decided we weren’t really hungry so we ate chocolate!Read more

    • TravelerNiederlande-Belgien-Frankreich
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      Day 30

      Epernay - im Herzen der Champagne

      August 25, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

      Hauptzentrum der Champagner-Produktion: Eparnay.
      An der „Avenue de Champagne“ liegen die großen Champagnerhäuser: Moët & Chandon, Mercier, Boizel, Gobillard, Pol Roger,…

      Darunter: Kilometerlange unterirdische Gänge und Millionen Champagnerflaschen, die hier sorgfältig reifen und aufbewahrt werden...
      In 30 Metern Tiefe fahren wir mit einem Zug zwischen tausenden Flaschen auf 18 km Länge und lassen uns durch diese Welt führen. Und Champagner zu trinken gibt’s einfach an jeder Ecke 😍🥂      Read more

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    • Paladar LisboaPaíses Baixos e Bélgica
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      Day 4–5

      Barbezieux - Épernay

      May 24 in France ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      O dia andou dividido entre sol e trovoada (e tudo o que fica entre uma coisa e outra) mas nós fizemos o nosso caminho por entre paisagens quase sempre planas, plantadas com enormes extensões de cereais, intercaladas por bosques densos de árvores de grande porte (que já não temos em Portugal por causa dos fogos…). Passámos por pequenas cidades e vilas muito típicas, comprámos pão e queijo artesanais e bom vinho, claro! Tempo ainda para ver alguns monumentos e palacetes como aquele no cimo da colina rodeado de cepas das castas Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier e Chardonnay ou não estivéssemos nas terras do champanhe - Santé!Read more

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    • Carmel CarlsenVia Francigena - part 1
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      Day 28

      Day 25 - Reims to Trepail

      May 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Obviously, the Cathedral in Reims is a highlight. But a walk through Basilique Saint Remi is also worth the visit. The VF path going out of Reims was along the canal (12 km worth). It's a very nice way to leave an urban area, though a little hard on the feet as it's all paved. Believe it or not, those water pumps work. All you have to do is rotate the brass handle at the top. I saw signs of commerce with what looked like wheat being loaded onto a barge. After the canal walk, I moved into farmland for a while and then onto the vineyards. I saw a few names I recognised. The day ended with a mixture of forest and vineyard walking. It looks like the French forestry department takes a similar approach to our Australian ones - take out whatever you can get (sustainably, of course 😉). I saw a little snake today. It looked sluggish and probably could have used some sun (no complaints from me, I got a good lot of sun this morning). I met my first walking pilgrim on the path this afternoon. A Brit, who sleeps 'wild' as he calls it. It seems to me that those with a tent are much better served and have a lot more options than those of us who are relying on hotels, etc., on the VF. The highlight of my day, though, was a WhatsApp call from my girls - I was so happy to see them 💗 ☺️ 💕 😊.Read more

    • TravelerViva Andalucia🌞
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      Day 1

      Anreise - 1. Tag

      January 5 in France ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Im strömenden Regen fuhren wir los. Aber es wurde von Stunde zu Stunde schöner, die Wolken lösten sich auf und wir erlebten zum ersten Mal seit Wochen die Sonne für mehrere Stunden in ihrer ganzen Pracht.
      Unser erstes Picknick machten wir kurz hinter Reims. Selbstgebratene Frikadellen und vorgeschmierte Butterbrote, lecker👍
      Wir fuhren quer durch die "Champagne" und überquerten die Loire. Sofort erinnerten wir uns an die großartigen Erlebnisse, die wir hier im letzten Jahr erfahren durften.
      Nach 9 Stunden Fahrt quartierten wir uns für die kommende Nacht in Vierzon ein. Ein süßes kleines Hotel, super sauber und mit 39 € sehr preisgünstig.
      Obwohl wir sehr vorsichtig gefahren sind, wurden wir dennoch von einem Blitzer wie vom Blitz getroffen. Das sind die unvermeidlichen Reisezusatzkosten. Ärgerlich, aber fast nicht zu vermeiden🤔🥴      Read more

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    • GI WomoNewsUnbekanntes Spanien
      Day 2

      Unbekanntes Spanien - Start

      September 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Für Inka war das noch ein Arbeitstag, also ging es erst gegen 16:30 Uhr los.
      Diesmal wollen wir Frankreich möglichst mautfrei durchqueren, mal sehen wie das läuft. Aber erst einmal geht es durch Luxemburg, wo der Diesel auch nicht mehr besonders günstig ist und durch Südbelgien.
      Der erste Übernachtungsplatz ist ein kleiner Parkplatz an einem Yachthafen bei Reims. Das reicht für heute.

      Wenn Ihr interessiert seid an spannenden Orten im Landesinneren von Spanien, also meist abseits von ausgetretenen Pfaden, dann seid Ihr herzlich eingeladen, Gast unserer Reise zu sein. Wir jedenfalls sind sehr gespannt...      Read more

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    • Peter SprotEurope
      Day 1

      South Reims

      May 8 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      When I left home at 09.15 this morning the temperature was 9c. The journey to the euro tunnel train was as expected. Busy and the roads are typical of England these days with plenty of pot holes even on motorways.
      In contrast the beautiful almost empty roads of France are a delight to ride down.
      I'm just south of Reims in a Campanile hotel.
      While waiting for the train in England I met two bikers who had ridden from North Wales. Amazing coincidence, first they stopped at the same service station on the motorway and I never saw them on the road and now they have just parked the bikes next to mine at the hotel.
      Tomorrow is a long ride to lake Constance in Germany near the Swiss border.      Read more

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    Département de l'Aisne, Departement de l'Aisne, Aisne

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