Day 22 – Reims

Well the alarm is ringing for 7 am but it is pitch black outside, to dark even to see the clouds. Today we are on the rails to Reims, the 11:07 train to Tergnier with a connection to Reims. We arrive at the station early so as I can make reservations for the fast train to Paris For tomorrow.
The train leaves on time a small single carriage sprinter, the surrounding country side is flat and the fields are full of busy farmers getting in the harvest. We pass through Villers-Bretonneux and can see the war memorial on the hill in the distance. Lots of windmills are dotted around the landscape most turning in the breeze.
We arrive at Tergnier on time and have 13 minutes to spare before our connecting train is under way. The next major stop is Laon and as we pull into the station we can see high on the hill above the town the medieval cathedral, a very large imposing sight that is visible for miles around.
We arrive at Reims, pronounced Rras, and after getting a local map head out into the streets to find our hotel, our hotel is in the main part of town mid way between the train station and the cathedral, it also has a rooftop restaurant that looks out to the cathedral, and it is from here we get our first site of the amazing building.
Since the day is bit ordinary we decide to visit the cathedral tomorrow morning hopefully with better weather.