Weekly update 14/52 Girltrip to Champagne

When a great friend celebrated her birthday autumn last year me and two friends decided to treat her to a spring trip in Champagne, France. We bought a guidebook a nice bottle and made her a card about the coming trip. And we have all looked forward to this trip.

This weekend 1 of April it happened. We left Düsseldorf in the afternoon and drove towards Belgium and France. It was snowflakes and windy but not bad to drive in and the roads were not busy at all. It took 3,5 hours to get to Sedan North East France in Ardennes department. We had booked rooms in Château fort Sedan - a medieval castle 600 years old and the biggest fort/castle in Europe with a total area on 30,000 square metres. So cool that they have made hotel in the castle.

We booked nice French restaurants and had a great experience both evenings with the food and wine.

On the Saturday we drove one hour to Reims - the heart of Champagne
We checked out a local market with wine, cheese and sausages
Walked to the impressive Reims Cathedral "Our lady of Reims"

And also a Champagne tour in the Champagne house GH Mumm

Great trip and so cool only a few hours away

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