We are spending six days in the Champagne Region west of Paris before heading  back to Paris to begin our long haul home. I am not kidding when I say grape vines are everywhere. Every spare paddock right up to backyards and towns are vines after healthy vines. Even on the roundabouts !!! The region and it’s people are passionate about champagne. From my bedroom window I watch the vineyard workers at work, oh, except during the two hour lunchbreak when they head home or to the nearest bar.