After more than two years in the UK we finally made our way to Paris. Although we stayed for a few nights we could never hope to see everything that we wanted to on our first trip so we stuck to the big sights. A great walking tour gave us a nice introduction before we headed to the myriad of museums, monuments and arrondissements.
We hired a car and drove out to Reims in Champagne where we visited some of the amazing chalk cellars that tunnels under the town. The Champagne houses use these tunnels to store the wines as they maintain a very even temperature all year round - perfect for the maturation of Champagne. And of course there are tastings at the end of the tours!
From Reims we headed south to
Beaune, near Dijon in the heart of Burgundy to try some very different wine. Here we tried to get our head around the
terroir classification system used for
Burgundy wines. Beaune is beautiful town and we enjoyed our stay there, indulging in some amazing food and unsurprisingly, wine.
Finally, we went to Grenoble where we met up with Dana and Tim, who had recently moved there. We toured around the region including a visit to Annecy and Voiron (home of a very special
liqueur).
