Sunday, June 20, 2010

The strawberries taste like strawberries, and the snozzberries taste like snozzberries.


Ok, there wasn't an edible room at the Callier chocolate factory, but there was a free tasting room which I think is probably just as good. Callier is a higher end Swiss chocolate brand (now owned by Nestle) that uses all natural ingredients (not like the waxy stuff we have in America.)An oompa loompa I mean nice lady walked us to the sliding door to begin our tour. She started off by asking us, "Is anyone caustraphobic? And please when one door opens hurry through to the next room." I knew we were in for a treat. about 25 of us walk into a 10 x 10 room with jungle sounds that doesn't have a door out. Why didn't it have a door you ask? Because it was an elevator! It lowered us down into a jungle complete with fog and light show with props that explained how chocolate was discovered by the Mayans, taken to Europe by Cortez and eventually wound up in Switzerland. I don't want to talk it up to much but I'd say it was just as good as The Indian Jones ride at Disney. Eventually we made it to the factory portion where we saw the chocolate being made (and sadly, no it's not mixed by a chocolate waterfall.) Immediately followed by the tasting room which had every kind of chocolate they made. You couldn't take any from the room but you could eat as many as you wanted or until you puked dark chocolate truffles all over your neighbor. And as if that wasn't a great enough day already we went to a medival festival in the village of Gueyeres. Complete with knights in tights and armor. And I'm pretty sure I had Olivia take my picture with each and every one of them. I would maybe compare this to a giant larping (Live Action Role Playing) festival but way cooler and one that I would want to be apart of. And this has also inspired me to hold my 22nd birthday at medival times in vegas so pencil it in your schedule for December. Don't forget your tights and chainmail. Just call me jousting Jessie

I take all my pictures like an Asian tourist

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