My experience in BEST WESTERN PLUS Hôtel de la Paix, Reims, Champagne , France
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My experience:
Our first hotel in France was HOTEL DE LA PAIX in Reims (Reims) - four-star hotel of a network of Best Western. And in the first hotel I have sinned.
Because sleep on a bed alone, you see, sin.
Location of the hotel is good. Very near a street with lots of cafes, restaurants and nightlife is a 10-minute walk - Reims Cathedral.
For colorful glass door - a bathroom.
Free toiletries, white bathrobes and slippers were all the hotels on our way.
There is a minibar and a kettle.
Prices at the bar were acceptable in view of the night-time: 4.5 euros for a glass of wine. After my friend paid for the three glasses a trifle, the fourth brought us free.
BUT! In however many wander numbers, our cheerful company, we dewald always wake up at seven to go to the water procedures. In hotels, of course, where there was a pool.
The HOTEL DE LA PAIX he was, but the first time I have not thought of, in addition to the white robe and slippers, bring your camera. So take my word: a small rectangular swimming pool next to the training room. I tossed about 40 minutes by the pool, before he remembered my name, and mighty dewald also ran cross on a treadmill.
Breakfast at the hotel is also why I do not photographed. The first day of the first blog tour, due to the absence of experience.
Address: 9 RUE BUIRETTE - 51100 REIMS
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Entry from: Reims, France
Entry Title: Day trip to Reims!
Entry:
This past Friday Caroline, Angela and I took a day trip to Reims (pronounced 'Rhanes'... I still cant say it). Reims is one of the two largest cities for producing champagne, after all it is not called champagne unless it comes from the region in France by the same name. From anywhere else in the world it is just simply sparkling wine. Reims is also known for the Notre Dame de Reims. All but 2 French kings have been crowned in this cathedral.
We knew our itinerary for the day would include seeing the cathedral as well as atleast one champagne tasting. After consulting our handy travel books we decided on the Pommery champagne caves and possibly one other. Our goal was to set out around 9:30 am to buy tickets at the station for the 10:25 am train. Well... that didn't quite work out.
The night before was a classmates birthday so we celebrated for a little while with them before heading to a local (within 5 minutes walking) Canadian Bar. The Moose we were told plays Gator games often and in anticipation for the upcoming game on Saturday, Angela and I wanted to make sure. We went in for one beer but after talking with the (English speaking) bartenders and meeting a few people we had a couple more rounds. We got home around 3am which would explain my headache the next morning, however please don't mistake this as a complaint because Angela and I did not pay a cent for the drinks thanks to some very nice gentlemen.
The next morning we actually woke up on time and although we were a little sluggish we really weren't that late to the train station. Finding the ticket booth was an entirely different story though. By the time we found the right ticket counter and waited in line we had 10 minutes to board the train we wanted to get on. Needless to say we opted for a later train. We bought a little pricer ticket in order to get to Reims around lunch time like we planned so no harm no foul. After a snack in the station we boarded our train and we were off to Reims!!
Reims is a very small town that is probably only a few miles wide. After getting off the train we walked through a park and were suddenly on the main boulevard in the town. Many of the streets are reserved for pedestrian use only and so it happened on the day we were in Reims that a festival was going on in the middle of this very wide boulevard. Cafes flank both sides of the streets along with shops and such. The festival tents were placed in the center of the road with two corridors running parallel for pedestrian traffic. We had not anticipated a festival but we enjoyed the many different booths from honey to flowers and even farm animals!
After strolling through the tents we made our way a few more blocks to the tourists center for the town. Luckily the woman in the office was extremely helpful. We originally asked about buses since I had read in my travel book that this was the easiest way to get to the Pommery quick. Once she found out our destination she asked if we had already made a reservation.... uh what??? A reservation, we didn't know we needed a reservation. She immediately picked up the phone and called the Pommery and booked us an English speaking tour at 3:15. There is no other way to describe this woman than as a life saver. She made our day a breeze which allowed us to fully enjoy the city and its champagne!
We purchased a few post cards before leaving the tourists center and decided on a place for lunch. I was and am usually designated as the map person. I carry, read, and just generally know (or think I know) the best route to travel in. We had some time to kill before we had to board the bus for the outskirts of the city so we walked more of the pedestrian streets in the heart of the city.
The bus was.... well it was a bus. A little crowded but a very short ride dropped us off at the base of the St. Remi Cathedral which was huge. It ...
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Photos from this trip:
1. Still alive
2. Snails
3. Flowers!
4. Awesome fountain.
5. Festival
6. Pedestrian streets
7. Caroline and Angela
8. Sheep
9. Strolling
10. Jax!
11. Maps
12. Tour building
13. Pommery!
14. Cave entrance
15. Awesome wine barrel
16. Wine barrels
17. The girls
18. In the bathroom
19. Original carving
20. steps down
21. Aging
22. Lots of dust
23. Our own red carpet
24. City/Country Specific
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LYON CEDEX 07
69363 LYON
FRANCE
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