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    • ViajanteNiederlande-Belgien-Frankreich
      111
      Dia 30

      Epernay - im Herzen der Champagne

      25 de agosto de 2023, França ⋅ ☁️ 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 😍🥂      Leia mais

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    • Südfrankreich
      Dia 1

      Start in Epernay🥂🍾

      24 de maio de 2023, França ⋅ ☁️ 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 😍🇫🇷      Leia mais

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    • ViajanteFrance 2022
      Dia 8

      Up, up and away in Épernay

      21 de setembro de 2022, França ⋅ ☀️ 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.      Leia mais

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    • ViajanteFrance 2022
      1
      Dia 6

      We DO get our kicks from Champagne

      19 de setembro de 2022, França ⋅ ⛅ 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.      Leia mais

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    • ViajanteEurope Trip 2024
      Dia 10

      Best laid plans.

      30 de abril, França ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      A funny thing happened in the way to Dieppe. It was only about 60 klms but oh my goodness, we must have picked the busiest most convoluted route, through ports and over bridges. Not the most relaxing drive. We only had 20 klms or so to go and we hit a gutter and boom the tire was gone. Graham got out to change it, No spare tire, no jack, nothing. We called the road assist number, got an answering machine who said they’d call back, nothing. After waiting for 20 minutes or so Graham went and knocked on someone’s door and this nice lad came out and rang a tire repair place for us. Thank goodness he did because the rental company didn’t answer and didn’t call back.

      Long story but the tire place came to pick us up and tow us back to their workshop which was in the middle of fucking nowhere. Then there was lots of going and froing about what they were going to do with us. In the end we paid for new tires and the hire car company eventually rang us back about four hours later and supposedly we will be reimbursed, we’ll see!

      The nice lad in the house, and the garage workers couldn’t have been more helpful. Considering none of them spoke much English and we are hopeless at French. There was lots of google translate going on.

      Finally at about 6.30 we got the tires on and we were on our way again. Such a drama all because there was no spare.      Leia mais

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    • ViajanteFrance 2022
      Dia 5

      We are in Champagne Heaven

      18 de setembro de 2022, França ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      After lunch we first went to the tourist office to get some advice on how to best tackle the city. We ended up walking a kilometre up and back Champagne Avenue, chocked full of champagne houses - both big and small. It is a beautiful avenue full of beautiful buildings.

      There are a number of establishments where you can sit and have champagne tastings or a bottle. We decided to go for a tasting, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We even got to meet one of the local champagne producers, Damien Férat. We really enjoyed his champagne, but instead of telling him that I loved his champagne, I told him that I loved him! This gave everyone a bit of a laugh - I think I even blushed! (Ed - it was a Champagne moment!)

      Epernay is a stunning town that is beautifully kept with a wonderful range of grand houses and Chateaux. Can’t wait to explore more tomorrow.      Leia mais

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    • MainelyStinaCamino de Santiago
      1
      Dia 4

      Champagne & Cathedrals, Part 2

      18 de agosto de 2023, França ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F

      I decided to let myself sleep an extra hour and take a later train to Epernay. It was a lovely ride through historic vineyards of the finest grapes in the world. After arriving, I strolled down the splendid Avenue du Champagne! What a dream! First stop was Champagne Mercier, with their famous train ride through the caves. The tour was supposed to last two hours but instead took half the time, so I stopped in the garden at Perrier-Jouet to try the famous Belle Epoque! After finishing my glass, I made the less than two minute walk to the biggest house, Moët & Chandon. Lovely tour and net nice people from the Netherlands and a lady from just outside of Baltimore! Back up the street to Champagne Venoge. I was the only person on the tour, but my wonderful Italian guide Antonela made it a wonderful experience! She gave me lots of extra activities to do as well! Feeling pleasantly buzzed, I made a quick stop at the Museum of Champagne before strolling down to Eglise Notre Dame de Epernay. After lighting a candle and taking a quick look around it was back to the Avenue and my final stop at Champagne Boizel. I enjoyed my tasting in the company of a lovely Australian couple. By this point I’d eaten little more than a few slices of baguette so I remedied the problem with a bag of Doritos from the train station vending machine, before boarding my train back to Reims! What a day!!Leia mais

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    • ViajanteFrance 2022
      1
      Dia 6

      More from beautiful Épernay

      19 de setembro de 2022, França ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Épernay is a wonderful picturesque town with so much to see and take in. The flowers are still amazing and the parks are so well kept.The people are very welcoming and friendly and have tolerated my attempts to converse with them in French. I have got up early to get baguettes and pastries from our local boulangerie, and have successfully purchased some wonderful meats and cheeses from our local charcuterie. Our apartment is in a beautiful old building full of character.Leia mais

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    • ViajanteFrance 2022
      Dia 8

      Exploring Épernay on foot.

      21 de setembro de 2022, França ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      We had no commitments today, so had a lazy start to the day. I went out and purchased some baked goods from another local Boulangerie and we headed out around 10am to do a self-guided walk around the town that was recommended by the Tourist Office. Unfortunately, not long into the walk we found it difficult to ascertain some of the landmarks as the print on the map was tiny (my eyesight is pretty good but even I struggled), so decided to go a bit off piste and do our own thing.

      We went past the Hôtel De Ville (town hall), Théâtre Gabrielle Dorziat and Église Notre-Dame. At this point we found it impossible to follow the map, so we just meandered down the streets, stopping at various buildings or areas of interest. We saw the Portail Saint-Martin, Maison de La Lune (a funky Art Nouveau house) and Église St-Pierre et St-Paul. There was so much to look at and on such a lovely day it was nice to explore the town.      Leia mais

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    • ViajanteEurope Trip 2024
      Dia 11

      Dieppe and on to Epernay.

      1 de maio, França ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      We finally got to Dieppe at about 7 o’clock and we were both starving. Tried a few restaurants but they were booked out. Seems like everyone was out having dinner.

      There are lots of restaurants along the water and we found one with Coquilles Saint Jacques on the menu. So delicious.
      We started chatting to the couple at the next table who were helping us read the menu. They were travelling in their little van for a couple of weeks but were sick of the cold so going to Belguim.

      We still hadn’t found anywhere to stay, and after searching for a few minutes I found a little apartment just half a block away. Great, got a backpack out of the car and we were set. Well after climbing up 5 flights of stairs we were! 😂😂

      We are setting off early for Epernay today. It’s a three or four hour drive depending on which way we go. We took the fastest route for the first couple of hours and then got off at Laon to enjoy the countryside a bit more. Driving into Laon we saw a high Cathedral up on the only hill for miles so of course we headed for that.

      So many beautiful churches in France. Build a Cathedral must have been first on the list for a new settlement. The bigger and higher the better. This one was no exception, amazing gothic architecture and stunning windows

      Arrived in Epernay and found our accomodation. It’s right in the middle of town but a surprisingly roomy one bedroom apartment. It too is up three flights of stairs. We’ll be wearing off all the cheese, beer and wine climbing up and down them for the next few days.      Leia mais

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