MaineGG

Last night, along with a few hundred others, we saw this beautiful and interesting presentation. It was well worth the side trip and overnight here. Here's a YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqskdfUk7uQ

More info at:

http://www.reims-tourism.com/tabid/1...4/Default.aspx

The presentations continue until October 23.

ribeirasacra

And if you miss that show go to Le Mans
http://www.nuitdeschimeres.com/
They have a very similar show for many years, every year.

Mathieu

Looking forward to seeing this in Reims in a couple of weeks time.

kerouac

And there is also a show in Chartres... and Amiens.

They are all great.

jelopez33

Wow,this is really good!!!!

Anyone knows if those light and sound shows(Amiens,Chartres,Reims and as far as I know also Strasbourg)will take place again in 2012?(starting to plan a relatively long Paris stays with visits to almost all those cities).Thanks for any advice,and to Maine and Ribeirasacra for those links.

Askar01

I took these photos when it started in May:

http://tinyurl.com/6b7whj5

MaineGG

Wow, ribeirasacra, the LeMans show looks spectacular too.
And Askar, your pictures are gorgeous. Much better than mine

denisea

hate that the light show at Reims will be over by the time we get there....LOVE the cathedral at Reims!

tuscanlifeedit

We are thinking of a day trip to Reims to see the Cathedral. I do not drink alcohol at all, and a trip to a champagne house would not be pleasant for me.

What have folks done in Reims, including the cathedral, other than visiting champagne houses. How did you like it?

Piggy backing, I know.

MaineGG

We visited the Musée de la Reddition, a small museum in the school building where the Germans surrendered to Eisenhower on May 7, 1943. There's a short film with English subtitles and several rooms with well-displayed exhibits. It's a little out from the city center behind the SNCF station. Probably about a 20-25 minute walk from the cathedral, or 10 minutes from the station.

http://www.reims-tourism.com/museum-...ee/museum.aspx

We didn't have time to do this, but the Tourist Office has a pamphlet with a suggested walking route to see Art Deco sites.

There's more information at http://www.reimsartdeco.fr .

Askar01

<i>where the Germans surrendered to Eisenhower on May 7, 1943.</i>

May 7, <b>1945</b>

Askar01

They didn't surrendeered to Eisenhower. They surrendered to the allied and to the soviets.

kerouac

It's a shame they didn't do it in 1943, though. Would have saved us all a lot of troubel.

MaineGG

OMG - I'd better stop posting when I'm too tired to proofread.
Askar, you are so right, of course. My bad - I do know better, I promise. And Kerouac, you're certainly right too!

gardendiva

tuscanlifeedit, I found the tour of the champagne house to be very interesting even if you do not drink alcohol.

tuscanlifeedit

Ah, but gardendiva, I am not the person that you want to be interested in champagne. I've been trying to keep it off my list of interests for many years, and I hope the world is now a better place.

I do think we will probably do Reins. I am also thinking about Malmaison, but we only have 6 days in Paris and we already have a long list of things to do and see.

I will probably drop Malmaison in favor of Reins, as we are cathedral lovers.