Destination Orange - Day 6
The last full day in France. The plan was to use the A31 and A26 to get up to Épernay as soon as possible. So we left the hotel just after 9am and by noon we were in Chalons en Champagne to get some lunch from the supermarket. The local foire had started and roads were closed off and Aldi had guards on their carpark and roads were lined with parked cars. Arch in Chalons en Champagne We bought some stuff for lunch and set off for Épernay looking for a picnic site. In the end we made our own on the edge of a village. The rug on the grass. We arrived far to early to check in to Hotel Colbert and so we parked in the huge car park in the town centre and went to look at the champagne houses. Street sign.... War Memorial at the end of the Avenue de Champagne In the end after a long walk along the Avenue de Champagne, lined by champagne houses like Möet and Perrier-Jouet, to name just two, we arrived at Castellane with its large tower. Statue