Champagne, bubbles and bad hotel / France 2

After about three hours drive from Dijon we finally arrived in Epernay, a small town in the Champagne region, which is obviously famous for its sparkling white wines.
We had made a reservation at Hotel Les Berceaux, located in the center, which had been suggested to us by other Belgian friends as a good place to sleep. But once in front of the hotel, we first thought we had arrived in the wrong place, as from outside the building looked very old and dirty. The entrance hall on the contrary was recently renovated in a quite stylish design, so we thought the rooms would have been renovated accordingly. But we already changed our mind when we squeezed ourselves and our luggage into an old, small and stinky lift. Then we arrived at second floor and to get access to our room we had to pass through a self closing door, into a small passageway where no more than one person at a time could pass (and it acceded also to another room, so when the other guests came out of their room at the same time, it was all like “Oh, sorry, please, you go first…thanks…”). So imagine myself, with luggage in one hand, trying to open the door of the room with the other hand and willing to keep the first door open with a foot… quite a funny view, believe me.
But not as funny as the view of the room and of the bathroom… A ridiculous small bed (Manu had to sleep with his feet outside the blankets!) with absolutely no space around it. The bathroom was small and old, really a shame! There was a small balcony with view on a horrible building and dead flowers in the pots.
Moreover, the employees at the reception where also quite unfriendly (maybe they were simply unhappy to work in a place like that…).
So when we went down and finally met our Belgian friends, we all had to order a glass of Champagne to be able to get over our disappointment (you know, we always find an excuse to drink).
We made a commitment for the future: always double check friend’s suggestions for hotels and restaurants…

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