Van Life Meets Luxury on Avenue de Champagne | Champagne Tasting, French Chaos & Camper Mishaps!
Join us as we explore the heart of France’s Champagne region, Épernay and stroll down the world-famous Avenue de Champagne, home to iconic champagne houses like Moët & Chandon, Pol Roger, and Collard-Picard. But this isn’t just luxury and bubbles… It’s also chaos in true van life fashion.
After nearly blowing up our inverter with a simple kettle (oops), we set off on foot through vineyards, sip on €19 glasses of bubbly, eat €25 mini charcuterie boards, and rack up 17,000+ steps trying to fix our broken e-bike and find a mega fuse… all in the middle of a French heatwave!
In this vlog:
Champagne tasting at famous houses
A walk down the historic Avenue de Champagne (a UNESCO site)
Real van life chaos (broken inverter, flat tires, no kettle!)
Scenic campsites in the Champagne region
Whether you’re planning a trip to Épernay, living full-time in a campervan, or just love a mix of luxury and laughshis vlog has a bit of everything!
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22 Comments
I couldn’t have been that restrained on Avenue de Champagne 😂
Best purchase I got was a single induction hob. Boils the kettle in no time and saves a tiny bit of gas when on EHU!
Hi guy love your vids been watching you for years now it makes me laugh tho every time you go to a camping place with a pool it’s always temporary closed haha
What was the name of the food board I don’t think you mentioned it 😂
Hey guys there is now several motorhome service points that the Powis, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire have set up motorhome services points in public carparks so west Wales have them now we used one last week near St Davids
I put Kevlar in my tyres because I was fed up with punctures. Haven’t had one since 😊 May be handy to do also.
Totally agree with nick on the bottle lids
seeking coffee break on Avenue de Champagne 🤔? Pffffft, isurely t's just a posh French pub crawl, get on with it 😂🙃. Keep on trucking for our enjoyment
Great vlog guys
Yes! Back in the van (sorry motorhome) exploring, with mini drama's apparently and I haven't even watched it yet…..nice one 😂 👍
I'm with you nick I hate the fact that the lid is attached to drinks if you don't screw it on properly the drinks bottle leaks I try to pull it off
Fab vlog, quite fancy a trip down Avenue de Champagne 🥂
We spent a couple of days in Metz on our way to Switzerland & it’s a lovely city xx
I agree about the tops on plastic bottles they drive me mad as well.
Every thing in Europe has those annoying. I just cut where they are attached and the top comes on and off as usual
Come on guys. Get your facts straight.
As always, I love the vlogs, but nick when making tea, teabag in hot water steep and once colour achieved remove the tea bag then add milk. Apart from that, carry on 😊
Pol Roger was Churchill’s favourite champagne
Totally agree about tops on bottles, so annoying
I was wondering what the of Champagne you mentioned was your favourite?🍾🍾
Hi guys I went to Reims epernay in 1988 to the champagne winery absolutely stunning happy days enjoy Andy xx
Would love to do the champagne taster 🍾 ❤ x
I looked it up, and apparently the reason that the “T” is pronounced in Moët is that even though the concern is French, the person who it is named after was Dutch. The more you know! (which I realize is a very American reference)
Lovely vlog as always lovely campsite lovely views loved watching the champagne tasting the place looked really lovely love your new kettle you both look very well the lake looked very beautiful carnt wait to see we're you are going next