Tag: chocolate
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Chocolate Factory Tour
For as much chocolate as we eat at home, it took us almost 7 years to have a proper chocolate factory tour. Finally! Last weekend, we drove about an hour outside of Zurich near St. Gallen to visit the Maestrani Chocolate Factory. This company manufactures a variety of Swiss chocolate, one in particular being the…
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The Sweetest Swiss Chocolate
To me, one of the greatest things about living in Switzerland is the constant access to the world’s best chocolate. I have eaten chocolate from around the world, and I can honestly say that Swiss chocolate is the best. Even generic grocery store chocolate in Switzerland trumps Reese’s peanut butter cups, and that’s hard to…
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A Very Parisian Valentine’s
Back when I worked for an airline, I had started a silly tradition of trying to making it over to Paris every Valentine’s day. People weren’t usually flying to Paris in the middle of the winter so there were plenty of available stand-by seats to be taken. I started the tradition with my mom and…