We are ready for our flight with all our belongings in carry on bags.
Traveling light makes the trip easier.
At Dallas our plane is fueled up for the 3,300 air mile trip. The 767 Boeing airplane made the 9 hour flight comfortable.
In Dallas the artwork looks like a fort made out of ice.
From the Paris airport we drove 90 miles east to the village of Bouzy in the Champagne Region. Our B&B was in the town center.
We met two couples from France who were on a three day holiday visiting as many Champagne Houses as possible. The Inn Keeper is standing with Karen.
We enjoyed visiting and eating meals with them.
The Inn Keeper also worked at a small Champagne House called
Bernard Tornay Champagne. There are 30 Champagne House in Bouzy.
A view of Bouzy from the surrounding vineyards.
The thin acid soil in this area contains white chalk. Grape picker at work
in the fields.
La Phare Lighthouse of the Vineyards in nearby
Verzeney. The structure is a museum built in 1909 to promote education of Champagne production.
A few miles away is the Foret Domaniale de Verzy.
In the 1600's an Abbey existed in this area. The story goes a monk put a curse on the beech trees to punish local heathens.
The curse caused these twisted tree limbs. Some of the trees are
300 years old.
A nice lunch spot at Tours next to the La Marne River.
There are small locks at this boat canal.
In the hamlet of Hautvillers, we visted the seventh-century abbey church housing the tombstone of Monk Dom Perignon who was credited with the discovery of Champagne wine.
Beautiful artwork hangs in this church.
Entrance to the Abbey.
Hautvillers is a hilltop hamlet which attracts many tourists who enjoy tasting Champagne. The Abbey steeple is a central attraction.
My hope is you will be bringing home large quantities of Dom Perignon. Beautiful pictures, vibrant colors. Love the editorials, learning more here than in some history classes.
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