Champagne Trip

[Foto John]

John. Pity about the drop, but looking at the pics, I think you got off lightly. Seeing your photos of the Champagne cellars reminded me of a trip we did years ago and a lesson I will pass on, in case anyone else reading this makes the same mistake I made. The tour guide did her bit and pointed out some fantastic painting that was hanging in this massive underground room (but you could have been in the same boat with that Napoleonic time travelling keg). Keen on photography, I stayed behind for about 10 seconds after the tour moved on to get a good picture, only to find that I was completely lost. The sound does not travel underground, and there are so many tunnels leading off tunnels, it was virtually a matter of picking at random any 1 of 5 tunnels. I remember the guide telling us that there were around 13 miles of underground cellars, so going walkabout and hoping for the best was not an option, and by now, as every tunnel looks exactly the same, I couldnt even find my way back to the painting. Luckily after about 30 mins I heard a foreign group and tagged on to them. Moral of the story? If you are in a Champagne cellar, tempting as it is, make bloody sure you don't get separated.

Thanks Cambell, I'm a seasoned pro at these cave tours now though , (did some last Easter in Luxembourg) luckily for me I managed to keep with the group as Inge kept her eye on me if I strayed ! Nice story though !

 

[Chatton]

Nice tale and well told in pictures John. And the pics are nice and clear.

 

[pod]

Great Pics

Great Pics John - sitting here in the office - middle of London drooling and wishing I was over there on the bike. Shame about the drop - so dam easy to loose your footing with these Adventures - you'll have to stick some engine bars on her! (The bike that is )

 

[Foto John]

Thanks..........

for the compliments Chatton and Pod, though Paul, I don't suppose it looks much like yours now?

 

[pod]

Re: Thanks..........

for the compliments Chatton and Pod, though Paul, I don't suppose it looks much like yours now?

Not with those skips on the side it does'nt - you haven't any excuse now when Inge wants to take her full wardrobe away!
Seriously looked like a great holiday though! I've only got the standard black BMW cases so all jan can take when we go out is a couple of T-Shirts and a Bikini. (I lied about the Bikini - that was quite a few years back). Try and get some pics up soon of the old beast (thats the bike) so you can see that I have actually got one.

Paul

 

[Foto John]

Some more pics

I'm still amazed at their churches...........all beautifull, magnificent architecture!

 

[Foto John]

Another church.............

in two poses............the first being vertical.

 

[Foto John]

And naturally, a horizontal pose.

 

[Foto John]

More quaint villages...........

Especially on the waterways.

 

[Foto John]

Beautifull

 

[Foto John]

The other side of the river.

 

[Barrie]

Champagne trip

Hi Belgian John,
Sounds like you have had an extensive trip in the Champagne, I really liked you photos (shame you did not say where they were taken) Captions are great to complete the picture!
What camera were you using? Pictures are nice and sharp.
Regards,
Barrie

 

[Foto John]

Re: Champagne trip

Hi Belgian John,
Sounds like you have had an extensive trip in the Champagne, I really liked you photos (shame you did not say where they were taken) Captions are great to complete the picture!
What camera were you using? Pictures are nice and sharp.
Regards,
Barrie

Thanks Barrie,

Yes, we enjoyed an excellent and extensive trip through the Champagne region of France. I'm terrible at organising things and just can't acuately remember where the places were. Will remember your advice for next time and bring a note pad with me.
As regards the camera, it's nothing especially fancy, just an old 2Mb Canon Ixus 300 I purchased a couple of years ago. I'm glad you liked the photos I'm quite pleased with them too !

Cheers

John

 

[pod]

Beautifull

More stunning pics John, where were the waterside pics taken?

 

[Foto John]

More stunning pics John, where were the waterside pics taken?

Thanks Paul, To be brutaley honest I can't remember but this pic is of the same village and show's that it's 42 km to Troyes and 26 km to Chatelon.
Will try and work it out next week for you.

 

[Sherringford Hovis]

After the have fermented to a certain extent, the bottles are then moved onto a board to be turned at various times during the day.

At Nicolas Feuillatte they have a modern factory to make champagne and they have computerised equipment to turn the bottles, unlike the traditional places like the one in the pic that employ skilled workers.... sadly the champers don't taste much different ..... http://www.feuillatte.com/indexbr.htm