Marne River

There are 12 of us waiting, strangers praying that we'll like each other, for the 90-minute drive east to Chateau Thierry, on the Marne River.

Anne Z. Cooke: Love and Luxe On a Barge In Champagne Anne Z. Cooke 2011

We'll cruise at the speed of an escargot up the Marne River into the adjacent canal, surely the most pleasant way to explore the heart of rural Champagne.

Anne Z. Cooke: Bubbles and Luxe by Barge (Part 2) Anne Z. Cooke 2011

Over the week ahead, he says, we'll cruise at the speed of an escargot up the Marne River into the adjacent canal, surely the most pleasant way to explore the heart of rural Champagne.

Anne Z. Cooke: Bubbles and Luxe by Barge (Part 2) Anne Z. Cooke 2011

There are 12 of us waiting, strangers praying that we'll like each other, for the 90-minute drive east to Chateau Thierry, on the Marne River.

Anne Z. Cooke: Love and Luxe On a Barge In Champagne Anne Z. Cooke 2011

Over the week ahead, he says, we'll cruise at the speed of an escargot up the Marne River into the adjacent canal, surely the most pleasant way to explore the heart of rural Champagne.

Anne Z. Cooke: Bubbles and Luxe by Barge (Part 2) Anne Z. Cooke 2011

It lies about 20 minutes outside of Paris on the willow-lined banks of the Marne River.

Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

� Guinguettes originated in the 1700s, as places to sell the inexpensive white wine known as guinguet, that grew along the banks of the Marne River.

Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

It lies about 20 minutes outside of Paris on the willow-lined banks of the Marne River.

Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

� Guinguettes originated in the 1700s, as places to sell the inexpensive white wine known as guinguet, that grew along the banks of the Marne River.

Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

During the defense of the Champagne front on the Marne River, the blast from an explosion had whipped him backward against a tree.

Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007