Champagne, France

For Mother's Day weekend we took a trip to Champagne, France with Julie's and Griffin's families.  We got hand, foot and mouth the week before so we almost didn't go, but I am so glad that we did (and no one got sick) because it was such a wonderful trip.  We rented this great guest house, which was huge and allowed for plenty of space for all three families.  The weather was wonderful and sunny and the champagne was delicious.


The HUGE living room in our wonderful guest house
 
We took one tour at the Mercier Champagne house, which had a train you could ride through their massive cellars.   The train was a big hit with the kids.
The Dads wrangling the kids
We also stopped by the famous Moet & Chandon champagne house, home to Dom Perignon. We did not take a tour here because we were not sure it could handle all the kids, but we did visit the gift shop!
 
On Sunday we visited one last champagne house on our way out of town, which was located in a beautiful French chateau. They let us have our tasting outside, probably so the kids wouldn't destroy their tasting room, and the kids got to run around the play.


The Moms!
It was a wonderfully enjoyable and relaxing weekend in an incredibly beautiful part of the world.