Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there.  I hope you are enjoying yourselves!

We are still moving along in the direction of Burgundy.  We stopped in Reims, the Champagne capital of France where we met our friends Sandy and Alain.  Since we've been here twice before and visited many champagne houses, this trip we focused on the local sights and history.

There are always such happy faces when our friends see us at the train station

Alain showed us both his culinary talent as well as doing a wonderful job of helping with the dishes.  

The Cathedral of Notre Dame has an absolutely magical light show three nights a week giving us a visual history of the Cathedral.  26 French kings were crowned there.  With magnificent rose windows and windows by Chagall as well as flying buttresses, it is worth admiring both inside and out.

Tom chose sausages from an outdoor market.

We went to see the Museum of Surrender.   World War II buffs can see where the Germans signed the documents ending the war.

Gates of Mars shows the last vestige of Reims' ancient Roman heritage built in 200 CE

This sweet mommy duck kept her babies under her wings thru rain, heat, and tourists with cameras.  Hence the expression...in case you ever wondered where" keeping one under ones wing" came from.