And so the journey has started to come to and end, with Geoff, Coralie, Dan, Marcia and Hunter all heading for Toronto. Jon too is homeward bound, so...... then there was three. And we three were on the road earlier than those catching the planes, off for a day trip to the Champagne region of France.
On the road at 7am, we first headed for Reims, with it's amazing Cathedral, larger than Notre Dame in Paris, and the centrepiece of this bustling French city.
After a morning coffee & croissant, the bus was on the road again, heading for the vineyards of the champagne region. The local grape growers either make their own boutique vintage, or in some cases, supply the major champagne houses like Mumm, Moet & Chandon and Veuve Cliquot. We enjoyed a visit at one of the boutique vineyards, where we met the winemaker and learnt the finer points of champagne production in France. A great morning, followed by a tasting - which was so good we bought a bottle to have on our last night in Paris.
We then headed to the village of Epernay for lunch, a traditional french meal of Coq a Vin, with some lovely local wines, and salmon for entree - yep, spoilt again, and the pants are definitely getting tighter now!!!
It was then off to Moet and Chandon - the most amazing part were the caves, where the vintages are stored, with 95,000 bottles in one section of caves alone. At any one time they proudly told us the value of the vintages stored at the Moet and Chandon caves were greater in $ value than the cash in banks in Paris!!!!! 
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