Reims

As we all know, sparkling wine can only be called Champagne if it's produced in the champagne region of France.  And it's only a 45 minute train ride from Paris, so we had to go check it out.  The weird train times gave us a lot of time to wander around the town, see the Cathedral (with the weird smiling angel statue), and watch all of the bachelor/bachelorette parties going by.

The Cathedral in Reims, circa 1000 C.E. 

bottles of champagne, maturing into delicious goodness

Old school barrels for aging champagne

And I got to do the entire tour with one of the more interesting people around

I had to buy a souvenir- and ended up sharing one split,
and drinking the other one my own