Ducks in Champagne 2008

After Paris, my son had arranged for us to travel to Reims where there was the guided tour through Veuve Clicquot building and cellars, lunch at the Manoir in the hills and then back to Reims for a visit to Krug cellars and dinner at a local brassiere with our local hosts.  Wow, what a day.  And that is the meaning of the heading - no, we did NOT eat ducks cooked in Champagne.  Though the thought...................

The ducks were allowed to come out of my handbag very quickly when we were in the private tasting room at Veuve Clicquot while we were left alone for a moment between our tour and the guided tasting of the wines that make the famous champagne.  The ducks looked very happy being surrounded by all that glamour and yellow diffused light. Definitely suited them.




That was the end of their frivolity for the day.  They were not allowed out in public again for the time we were in Reims.
Lunch at the Veuve Clicquot Manoir in Verzy, maybe this picture explains why the ducks were not allowed to come out.

Between the Krug tasting (which I left early, there really is only so much champagne a girl can take in) and dinner, I retired to the hotel for a much needed relax and soak in the bath. 

As the ducks had been cooped up in my handbag for so long they enjoyed a wallow as well.  

The next morning we packed the car, no mean feat with the four of us travelling, had a wander around Reims and the beautiful cathedral and then continued on our travels to Belgium.

Decorative duck at Hotel des Templars, Reims.  Okay, couldn't resist taking the photo.