Day 1, Part 2

The ferry landed in Calais, France and from there, we were hoping to make it all the way down to Dijon, so that our trip to the Ardeche was shortened the next day. Unfortunately, about 3 hours into our drive, we all began to feel the whole being up for 36 or so hours thing and decided we needed a rest. In the end, it was a great idea, not only because we were tired, but because we got to spend the night in Reims, a cute little city in the heart of Champagne country.




This is a picture of Porte de Mars, the oldest monument in the city. Believed to date back to the 3rd or 4th Century, it was one of four original Roman gates to the city that was once occupied as part of the Roman Empire. It was pretty big, I must say.

All in all, Reims was a nice little town for the short amount of time we spent there, and the food was fabulous, definitely a good place to stop and pull over for the night if you're driving around that part of France.