{"id":13536,"date":"2023-10-04T15:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=13536"},"modified":"2023-10-04T15:59:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:59:51","slug":"sunday-september-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=13536","title":{"rendered":"Sunday September 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ancien moulin Creancy, Creancy: 47\u00b014&#8217;53.7&#8243;N 4\u00b035&#8217;03.1&#8243;E<\/p>\n<p>Hotel le Bristol, Reims: 49\u00b015&#8217;24.3&#8243;N 4\u00b001&#8217;36.0&#8243;E<\/p>\n<p>Bernard prepared a beautiful breakfast for us, complete with bowls of caf\u00e9 au lait and fresh croissants served on his grandmother\u2019s best china. It\u2019s going to be hard going back to instant coffee with toast and peanut butter \u2639.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13537\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?attachment_id=13537\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695540966&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.2&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1294\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?fit=625%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1294-scaled-e1696449162889.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oscar the dog kept us company in his favourite chair.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13538\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?attachment_id=13538\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695540977&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.2&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1295\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?fit=625%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13538 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1295-scaled-e1696449205931.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bernard advised us to take a route that included the toll highway, otherwise our cross-country trip could take 6 or more hours.<\/p>\n<p>Fifi was waiting patiently for us under the tree for this our last road trip with her.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13539\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?attachment_id=13539\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3222-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695542682&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3222\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3222-scaled.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13539\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3222-scaled.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3222-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3222-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our route ended up being a mixture of back country roads through little towns, open countryside and major highways. We were impressed with the number of modern windmills all along the toll highway. There were hundreds of them!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13541\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?attachment_id=13541\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695552485&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00069979006298111&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3228\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3228-scaled.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We dropped Fifi off at the TGV train station just outside of Reims &amp; then took taxi to our hotel in the center of the city. Fifi, our Fiat 500 with a 6-speed manual transmission was a great little car, carrying us safely over 1,200 kilometers around France.<\/p>\n<p>Our hotel room was not quite ready so we stored our luggage with the hotel security, found a place for lunch and did a little exploring. The pedestrian esplanade right in front of our hotel is a busy, vibrant area with dozens of cafes and bistros and attractive architecture.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13542\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?attachment_id=13542\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695561368&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00051203277009729&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1314\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?fit=625%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13542\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1314-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancien moulin Creancy, Creancy: 47\u00b014&#8217;53.7&#8243;N 4\u00b035&#8217;03.1&#8243;E Hotel le Bristol, Reims: 49\u00b015&#8217;24.3&#8243;N 4\u00b001&#8217;36.0&#8243;E Bernard prepared a beautiful breakfast for us, complete with bowls of caf\u00e9 au lait and fresh croissants served on his grandmother\u2019s best china. It\u2019s going to be hard going back to instant coffee with toast and peanut butter \u2639. Oscar the dog kept [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2023-france"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ppZJ-3wk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13536"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13544,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13536\/revisions\/13544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}