Thread: France/Spain

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Jan 25 2010, 02:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Well, one of us couldn&#39;t get vacation in late March / early April, so we are going on 27 Feb. Loads to and from CDG look good, to HKG is a nightmare due to CNY. Thankfully i&#39;m on duty travel to HKG though.

Decided on just France....

Paris > Nantes
Nantes > Bordeaux
Bordeaux > Toulouse
Toulouse > Avignon
Avignon > Reims/Epernay
Reims > Paris

All on train Haven&#39;t spoken French since high school, but think I still remember a fair bit! [/b]

Hey Nick--any chance you&#39;re gonna try a little wine on your travels?? Epernay!! Bubbles!! Reims!!! Bubbles!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mrs767er @ Jan 26 2010, 02:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Hey Nick--any chance you&#39;re gonna try a little wine on your travels?? Epernay!! Bubbles!! Reims!!! Bubbles!!![/b]

Haha that was in mind.

I booked a night in a vineyard in Epernay - http://www.champagne-domimoreau.com/pages/welcome.html

Get to Epernay in the morn, check out some of the major champagne houses (Moet, anyone?) then head to their vineyard in afternoon for a tour. Get driven to town and back for dinner, then stay at the winery. Next morn you can hire a bike and ride around their vineyards to the surrounding towns for lunch and drinks.

Sounds like a relaxing end to a holiday for me. And thankfully trains = no sublo stress!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Jan 26 2010, 03:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Get to Epernay in the morn, check out some of the major champagne houses (Moet, anyone?) then head to their vineyard in afternoon for a tour. Get driven to town and back for dinner, then stay at the winery. Next morn you can hire a bike and ride around their vineyards to the surrounding towns for lunch and drinks.

Sounds like a relaxing end to a holiday for me. And thankfully trains = no sublo stress! [/b]

So Nick your plan is to "check out some of the major champagne houses", tour vineyards in the afternoon, go to dinner - cheers, stay the night at the winery and get up the next morining and go bike riding. And you don&#39;t see the fatal (bouncing/sliding on the ground) flaw in this plan.

If you ever get to Spain, definitely check out San Sebastian (EAS).

It is so nice there!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Jan 27 2010, 03:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

So Nick your plan is to "check out some of the major champagne houses", tour vineyards in the afternoon, go to dinner - cheers, stay the night at the winery and get up the next morining and go bike riding. And you don&#39;t see the fatal (bouncing/sliding on the ground) flaw in this plan. [/b]

Haha it could be a bad idea now you mention it!

Although I did drink most of yesterday for Australia Day, and yet managed to get home at a reasonable hour (2000) and be early to work today and blow straight zeros when the airside safety officers decided to blitz us all with the brethalyser. It&#39;s doable!