Champagne Ardenne

Saturday, at least for the last couple of weekends, is market day in Chalons en Champagne. Chalons has a large, partly covered market that has plenty of biological products but you need to go early.
This Saturday we got a good start to the day, so after our purchases we stopped in a cafè for breakfast. One of the large houses in the square is being renovated (it must be the season- see previous post!). Here is a picture of the building, spot the cat on a ledge.

Simulated Frenchmen

The square is quite jolly so I took a wider view for you too.

Chalons en Champagne town square

It was cool but warm enough for the English to sit outside. All the French we saw had, for the most part, retired indoors with their coats on.
On the way home we were reminded of the reason for the town's name. Here is probably the largest bottle of bubbly you will ever see.

Champagne advertisement

Open day soon

For now this new, and huge shopping complex has just been completed and is still to open. All of the building in the upper picture has been going up over the months, but now it appears to be ready.
We don't know what they will serve in the serving bays at the bottom of the bottle, but we can hope! Perhaps when we visit, I will post another post for you.
Until then, you watch this space, and we will be watching Chalons en Champagne.