If you've missed the start of the
diaries, check out Day 1 here or yesterday's here.
Tuesday 30th August
After a much needed lie in (I am
that person who loves sleep), we grabbed some breakfast and headed to the George
Hermann Mumm Champagne House for our tour at 11. Obviously, we walked there as
we wanted some champagne!
The tour was actually pretty
interesting and I did actually learn a fair few things (may have also forgotten
a few after the champagne!) including that 2009 was an excellent year in the
champagne region and so the bottles were aged for 5 years and the year is now
considered a vintage and that somebody's job is to turn 40,000 bottles a day in
the yeast removal process.
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| The three different grapes used in the champagne-making process |
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| The different sizes of bottles you can have, there are also two even bigger ones! |
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| The tunnels go on forever, you could easily get lost |
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| The bottle in the middle is the oldest bottle in the cellar, Cordon Rouge 1876 |
After the tour we got to try some
champagne with some cheese that complemented the blend. It was a glass of the
2009 vintage G.H Mumm that we tasted too so it was good stuff. As a poor
student though, I tend to be slightly better versed in vodka and supermarket
wine than champagne...
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| Posing in the museum |
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| A glass of the 2009 vintage to enjoy |
We relaxed all afternoon in one
of the squares before heading back to the hotel to get ready for dinner, the
light show and moving on tomorrow, I also had a nap (told you I love my sleep!).
If you've never seen one of the
cathedral light shows (I know there's another one at Amiens as well), I would
definitely recommend going as both of the ones I've seen have been pretty good
and there were some really cleverly done sections to the show too.
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| The projections were impressive |
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| Lighting up all of the individual parts of the cathedral |
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| The effort to line up the projections correctly must've taken a while |
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| Art deco section of the show |
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| The end of the show with the cathedral all lit up |
Off to Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne
tomorrow and then we'll be halfway through our trip! They always go by so
fast.
Daily miles: 0 (over 12,000 steps
taken though!);
Total miles done: 511.
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