Alsace Wine to Champagne

 Today was a moving day. Dan can’t wait and is hoping our new hotel will have more room than the one we have had for the past 3 nights. It had a terrific view but no where to sit, except the bed and no place to put anything away. We took an Uber to the station which was much better than walking. The bags are getting heavier as we travel. Not from anything we have purchased. 

We have one change of train. When we got to the station we had the wrong platform and train personnel advised us and said it is the 3rd stop.  Our train app said the first stop. Why don’t I listen to advice given sometimes?  So for an extra 30 minutes we sat at the platform waiting for another train to connect. Oh well nice to see some of the outskirts of Reims

According to my mapping it was less than a mile to the hotel and flat. Problem with the mapping program it did not account for dragging a 50 plus pound bag or cobblestones. Seems much of Reims has cobblestones or so we learned on our walk to the hotel 

Our hotel is perfectly located we walk out the door of the hotel into the cathedral forecourt, there is a tram bus stop 2 minutes away and a bakery on the same street.   It is a beautifully appointed hotel but again no room to unpack because nothing to put clothes into. The closet is a bit bigger so that helps. 

So it is mid day and we are off to find some champagne tasting   They don’t do tasting as we are accustomed. You need reservations and you basically get a tour of the cellar told how and why that specific place produces its champagne. Then you get a glass to try.

I did not schedule any organized tour figuring we really didn’t enjoy champagne all that much and would probably not appreciate the differences. Nonetheless I scheduled 2 tasting for tomorrow. I had hoped to go to Epernay that is an area outside of Reims that does champagne bottling but the train schedule would not accommodate the side trip. So we will explore Reims a little more. 

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