The last two days of our journey took us first to Champagne country before driving to CDG airport for our flight home.
Saturday was marked by the France v Australia World Cup match and so by 11.00 things appeared pretty quiet as we drove through some lovely villages in Champagne. Sadly most tasting areas were closed as well, so we drove into the capital of things Champagne- Epernay.
Driving down the beautiful avenue lined with famous Champagne houses it became evident that they were closing too. Thankfully, after finding a parking spot, we found a smaller house open to purchase a nice glass of bubbles.
I had an idea that a restaurant I had picked out six years ago was close by, and we were able to get a nice table. First class lunch at Grillade Gourmonde followed. On to Reims for another glass in our hotel, before having a nice dinner in town, unusually quiet on Saturday. Walked to see the lights come on to the wonderful Cathedral before bed on a very enjoyable day.
Sunday was much less pleasant with the focus on getting our car back to the airport in one piece and getting organised in our hotel room close by. Very large and busy airport, but our hotel is in the hotel strip near Roissy, where we had our last dinner in France ...... pizza!
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