We decide to undertake a short dérive, a walking without purpose, in the Croix Blandin area of Reims in Northern France.

We start out from our hotel, called the BEST HOTEL, which is set in some half-built commercial hinterland.

At the top of the road, on a deserted traffic roundabout, we find a sign for the Cité de l’automobile and decide to follow it.

It was a good decision and I’ll write more about it but in the meantime here is a an image from the entrance to our discovered city of cars.

Yes it was good in the wilderness, chatting under a Toyota moon.

Paul Conneally
Reims 2013