Tour de Champagne 2011

Day 1 Saturday June 25 2011.
We were greeted with a lovely sunny day of 25 degrees as we arrived in Paris for the start of the 2011 Tour de Champagne. Guests made their way to our Hotel for our rendez-vous. For those guests arriving before 10.00am we had arranged a tour of Paris so everyone could familiarise themselves with this beautiful city.

By 10.30 we were off in two mini buses receiving an entertaining and informative tour of Paris. Travelling in mini buses was to our advantage as we were able to duck down narrow streets in Monmartre and go to places that the larger buses would have found impassable.

By the time the Paris tour ended our rooms were ready and and everyone went their seperate ways for the rest of the day. We reconvened at 6.00pm in the Hotel lounge where we officailly welcomed everyone to the tour. Our welcoming champagne was a Tattinger NV.