Rheims

This post is a little out dated, as I was in Rheims almost 2 weeks ago, but here we go.
I took a day trip to the capital of the champagne region. The day went as follows...

10:30 - arrive and then proceed to wander for a bit
11:30 - find map and head towards champagne cave
12:15 - arrive at cave only to find out that the next english tour is not until 2:30. Decide to walk from the south of the city towards the north to see where a WWII treaty was signed.
1:00 - Arrive at this location only to find that they close for 2 hours for lunch. So, I meander my way back south, take some photos of a big church and eat an orange.
2:30 - Took an hour tour of the cave, learned the history, and learned how to make champagne. Since I was not on my A game, due to not having eaten a real lunch yet, the knowledge passed on to me did not stay up in the noggin. The 2 points I did retain are as follows...
a. At this plant/cave, the thousands of fermenting champagne bottles are turned manually a few times a week.
b. During the fermentation process, some of the yeast? hardens at the top of the bottle, thus, when they initially pop the cork, this hard sediment shoots out. Then, some sorry replacement champagne must be placed in the bottle.

There were rooms and rooms and hallways of this.
3:45 - walked around a bit some more and then came back to Paris (1st class seat on the train).