Trip to the Champagne Region

I can't imagine finding many things over our next 20 months in Belgium that we will enjoy doing more than visiting the Champagne region. It is only 3 hours there and having a car while you are there makes the trip much easier. I highly recommend it. While we were there, we stopped at many wineries and enjoyed two afternoons worth of stories and champagne.


Two "must-visit" attractions in this region are the Caillez-LeMaire winery and Abbay D'Hautvillers. The Caillez-LeMaire was simply our favorite of all wineries. The people were so welcoming and enjoyable to be around. The tour is detailed and the samples are bottomless. A+. Abbay D'Hautvillers is the monestary where Dom Perignon supposedly invented Champagne. It is a unique experience to say the least!

We got shot at for taking this picture, but luckily they missed!

Random sign that we pulled over for.

Our hotel

Our friends at Caillez-LeMaire