I booked a train round trip to Reims last night before going to sleep and it went pretty well. By booking the direct train, it was about 47 minutes each direction from Gare de L‘Est. Reims was much bigger than I expected and seemed like a very nice town. There is a good main drag of restaurants, then a great cathedral, and a large covered market. Unfortunately, Tuesday is not a market day. After some exploration I ended up with an excellent lunch menu of vegetable potage and fish with risotto. Tried a little champagne with it. Then I had heard that Pommery had great tunnels, so took a 20 minute bus ride out to the caves. Mainly full of modern art, not really much discussion about the champagne making process, and offered a glass of champagne with the admission, but no real tasting process. Other Champagne houses all over the town, unfortunately often closed or by appointment. Really didn’t find much champagne on offer other than at local cafes and at places selling stuff. They were largely closed during the time frame I had to deal with. Never the less a nice town and I would gladly go back for another visit.