Six Months Prior to Thanksgiving…
When my husband asked if I wanted Champagne at Thanksgiving, of course I said yes. Then, he asked if we should go to the Champagne area in France for Thanksgiving. Once more, my answer was yes.
Frist order of business: buy tickets.
I searched airline websites, Google, Kayak, and anywhere else I could think of. This is my usual method to find the best tickets for prices, times, seat selection, non-stop versus direct, layovers, etc. Air France met my criteria except for one thing. We live in San Diego and would need to drive to Los Angeles to get the best prices and times. That meant getting a one-way rental car to get to LA and one to get back to San Diego.
In the past, one-way car rentals have been quite reasonably priced. Often I could find one for under $100, many times closer to $50. This time they were slightly higher but still cost effective. Drive time needed to be factored in as well. Again, in the past, if we left at the right time we could make it to LAX in a reasonable amount of time. (stay tuned for what we ACTUALLY spent and how long it took us!)
Flights booked, rental cars booked…next a place to stay. Time to decide where to stay in Champagne. We had been in the area previously but knew we wanted to do a more in-depth trip this time. Therefore, I decided to learn a little more about Champagne itself and maybe that would help me narrow down the town we wanted as our base.
Where do we taste Champagne. What villages do we go to. How should we structure our days? After all, according to Champagne, France, there are over 16,000 growers, 125 cooperatives, and 390 houses. Whew! Where do we start?
I’ll let you know if the next issue…
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