FOOTBALL AND REIMS

Football does not come top of my list, however, we are moored directly across the 'Canal de L'Aisne à la Marne' in the centre of Reims from the Stade de Reims. The structure is very elegant, for it's size, the lighting masts being quite unique and delicate. We had slight concerns, will it be noisy? In the two weeks we have been here it has not been used. This all changed this weekend when the lights came on. In a local pub a lot of people were wearing red and white. All of a sudden they all vanished. Obviously match time. Reims were playing Le Havre. (Reims 1 Le Havre 0). When we got back to Soraya it was dark and the stadium looked awesome, especially with the reflection in the canal. Every so often there was a roar, all quite exciting as we did not know when it was coming not being able to see the action. 

Stade de Reims.

We established the stadium is of no concern as it is only used for a match once every couple of weeks. Inside Soraya you could not hear it at all and the view out of the window of the floodlight stadium was stunning.