Friday, July 25, 2008

Champagne

Ok, so I'm stuck in the past. These next few French events were all in early July. But I don't want to leave them out completely, so I'll add some mini blogs about them. I took a full day trip out to the Champagne region to see the cathedral at Reims (pronounced "Rantz," go figure), the Epernee region in general, and the champagne houses of Mumm and Moet. The area is stunningly gorgeous. Fields of grapes are set in perfect lines, but all at different angles, so you get interesting patterns. And no building is more than two stories. There are several rustic French villages, and as you might imagine, they're largely involved in the production of bubbly.

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