Large bottles of Champagne

The champagne capital, Epernay

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May 15th 2011
After Paris we took a train to a little town called Epernay known for it's champagne. We were only there for one night. The only reason for going to Epernay was to go on a tour underground of all the wine cellars which was actually really interesting. We arrived in Epernay around late afternoon. Once we had settled in to our hotel room which happened to be really nice apart from the low roof w ... read more

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