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12.13.2016

Reims Christmas market

Reims Cathedral, France

As you may know, I just love Christmas markets!

The cute, wooden chalets, the sweet smells, the mulled wine... All this just put me in an happy & christmasy mood! :)

Happily in France there are lots of Christmas markets, like one in a every little town!! Last year we visited the most famous of all, Strasbourg Christmas market.

This year, we decided to go to the one of Reims, some friends told us it was very nice plus there is a wonderful Cathedral to visit as well in Reims.

So on yesterday's misty morning, we jumped in the car, direction Reims.


Reims countryside, France

Btw, misty is an understatement: on the highway the fog was so thick, we could only see at 30 meters... it was quite scary!

But we made it to Reims countryside.


Reims countryside, France

The region of Reims is well know for champagne production & our first stop was at some clients of hubby who produce champagne to take the bottles hubby ordered for Christmas.  

Reims countryside, France

They also made us visit their vineyard & their firm, explaining us how the champagne production works. We finished the visit with some champagne tasting.

I was too shy to take pictures, so you just have to believe me when I say it was very nice & interesting, sorry! 🙈 

We continued our route to Reims city centre & the Christmas market


Cathedral of Reims in France

where we started our tour with an oysters based aperitif - or more exactly, I watched hubby having his aperitif as I don't like oysters...


Oysters at Christmas market in Reims, France

Oysters at Reims Christmas market in France

Oysters at Reims Christmas market in France

After which, ready we were to wander among the wooden stalls!


Christmas market in Reims, France

Pretzel at the Christmas market in Reims, France


Christmas market in Reims, France

Christmas market in Reims, France

They settled the Christmas market all around the famous Cathedral (apparently, the previous years, the market was in another square & it was much bigger. The changed the location for security reasons. I've never been there before, but I found it was very nice nevertheless).


Cathedral and Christmas market in Reims, France

Plus if you go there with children, there's a big area for them to play, a little train & even some ponies! 


Ponies at the Christmas market in Reims, France

I regretted not being a child btw, as I would have loved to ride a pony! :)

We went for a more grown-ups' activity & visited the magnificent Cathedral instead.


Reims Cathedral, France

Cathedral of Reims in France


Cathedral of Reims, France

The Cathedral of Reims in France

As we re-emerged on the market, it was lunch time. As the tradition on a Christmas market, we had sausages, mulled wine & churros!


Christmas market in Reims, France


Churros at the Christmas market in Reims, France

Christmas market in Reims, France

Moreover, have you seen the blue sky in the pictures?? We've been so lucky, we had the perfect winter sunny day for visiting a Christmas market!! 


The Cathedral of Reims in France

Ferris wheel in Reims, France

We wandered a bit more at the Christmas market & in Reims as well.


Christmas market in Reims, France

Christmas market in Reims, France

Just before we were leaving, the music band arrived, it was so fun as instead of playing traditional Christmas music, they played their version of Rihanna or Lady Gaga songs! ;)

Music band at the Christmas market in Reims, France

& a last thing, if you go to Reims Christmas market, just be aware that you can directly write to Santa Claus!!! :))

Christmas market in Reims, France

After some more wandering, we took the road back to Paris, where we finished this perfect day, with a night at the cinema! We watched "Sully", which I really liked! The story is beautiful, Tom Hanks plays beautifully & as always, Clint Eastwood made a great movie, simple, true & effective! 

Sully the Clint Eastwood movie with Tom Hanks

6 comments:

  1. Reims looks lovely - and what a perfect day to visit a Christmas market! It makes me want to visit asap and have some mulled wine, churros and roast chestnuts though not altogether! I think I would give the oysters a skip too (yuk). It all looks perfect to put everyone in the festive spirit! #citytripping

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  2. Absolutely GORGEOUS pictures! I'm actually a little jealous, it looks amazing. #citytripping

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  3. My husband would like this market just because of the oysters. I would be ok with the churros and cheese (not one after the other). #citytripping

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  4. I love the idea that you start a French Christmas market with champagne and oysters rather than bratwurst and gluhwein! Lovely blue sky and the cathedral looks so beautiful too. #citytripping

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  5. I love the idea that you start a French Christmas market with champagne and oysters rather than bratwurst and gluhwein! Lovely blue sky and the cathedral looks so beautiful too. #citytripping

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  6. This sounds like my type of market! We are visiting the champagne region over the holidays so your post has certainly put me in the mood. Gorgeous blue skies you got too. Thanks for linking #citytripping

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