So I’m finally feeling like a tourist, because I’m no longer in my home country. On Friday I, my housemate SA and another classmate EH headed out to Epernay. We had an appointment for a tour at Moet & Chandon in the morning. We visited the cellars (carved out of limestone), tasted some champagne and bought some since the price was decent.
After that, we drove to Reims for lunch at Les Charmes, which gave us a very good 3-course deal. Then we found our hotel, Porte Mars, which was facing a landmark with the same name. However, the area was in the midst of re-construction so the view wasn’t as pretty as it was in the guidebook. We visited the Notre Dame cathedral (a Unesco world heritage site) where French kings were crowned. We walked around the city centre and had dinner at Le Grand Cafe which is famous for its mussels. We had 3 types of mussel dishes, then went back to the hotel and drank more of our champagne. Hic!
The next morning we drove out to Marne and visited another cathedral. We took a 2+ hour drive back to Fonty.
After that I headed out with WY to the Chateau de Fontainebleau which had a musical event. There was a mass of people in every chamber. At one point we were squished so badly I just wanted to get out! Crowd management could definitely be improved.
We saw performances by a flutist, who was then accompanied by what looked like a violinist (though the instrument looked more medieval). The next chamber of music had 4 harpists - 1 teacher and 3 students who were of different standards. Finally we listened to someone play a harpsichord. I shot videos of each performance.
Updating this blog at WY’s place now, since I still don’t have internet at home. AHEM. Definitely have to raise this to our landlord when we see him tomorrow.
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