Tour the vinyards, visit the Champagne cellars, and do some direct purchasing of France's most famous bubbly beverage. These are just some photos from my most recent day-trip through the area, in May, 2003. - Narayan Sengupta

From Saints to Melun	Vinyards, Melun, Champagne
Chatillon sur Marne	Chatillon sur Marne
Chatillon sur Marne	Champagne
Champagne - chateaus appear out of nowhere...	as do churches in vast fields on top of small hills...
The famous chalky soil of Champagne that makes the local bubbly so good	Champagne's gentle terrain is punctuated by lovely buildings and distant hills
Champagne	Champagne