La Cathédral de Notre Dame de Reims
#reims#cathedral#france#adventure#so yesterday being a jour ferié for the VE day#my friend and i decided to take advantage of it by taking a day trip out to Reims#we started out pretty early#the train left paris about 8 and we got in around 9 or so on the tgv#and we walked out to the cathedral#which was breathtaking#and a little bit unexpected#because it's been restored very recently#specifically after it caught fire in the bombardments at the beginning of wwi#so it had some stained glass that felt out of place#afterwards we went up into the towers and then into the palace with the relics and whatnot#and it was lovely and it was a difficult climb especially since i've been feeling particularly out of shape#but i'm fixing that#anyway#then we headed south towards the cellars#and stopped for lunch on the way#because we were starving by that point#and we were in a cute little restaurant#and we indulged in champagne#after that we went down to taittinger#and got a tour and a glass#and it was really interesting and the champagne was really good#and then we had some time to return before our train went back to paris#i was exhausted by the time we got back#and crashed early