Today is another partly cloudy day. It's been a bit rainy with some sun the past week. Bad weather here means that shops don't open and there are no tourists. It's kind of a ghost town.
On Wednesday, the chef, Lisa and I went to visit the Yves Thuries Chocolate Factory in nearby Marsac. We went into work early so that we could leave for Marsac at 2:45. The town was about 30 minutes away via a very circuitous route. Luckily the chef has G.P.S. When we arrived at the chocolate factory, the employees had already left for the day. The chef there took us on a tour of the whole facility. It was very cool.
We got to try Pistachio praline, almond praline, violet, cinnamon, fresh mint and caramel chocolates. They were very good. The almond praline was my favorite. We got to see the entire production from making the fillings to packaging. I'm really glad we got the opportunity to visit. While we were there our chef got a phone call informing him that we were moving out of our hotel room for three nights. When I asked when we needed to be out by, he said they already moved our things. That was a bit of a shock. When we came back they had moved our belongings to a dormlike apartment closer to work. We stayed there three nights and just got to move back last night. The move really made me appreciate our hotel room.
Tomorrow, Lisa and I are taking the train to Toulouse. We are really excited to go to a bigger city. Hopefully it will be an easy trip and we will be able to go monthly. It is an hour train ride. The train station is 5km from Cordes. Mathilde, a woman who works at the shop, is driving us to the station tomorrow morning.
Hey Colleen! It was nice to see a picture of your roommate in the previous post. We heard about you getting kicked out of the hotel- I couldn't imagine that! All your stuff just being moved! Your chocolate factory visit sounds incredibly exciting- that's awesome you got an 'insider' tour of the place! I actually tasted a praline for the first time last Friday, but I bet yours there were much better!! I hope the Toulouse visit went well!
ReplyDeleteI just got back from New Orleans/Mobile for my friends wedding. I took some pics and, following your lead, posted them on chisandy.blogspot.com if you'd like to take a peak. They're pretty ordinary pictures of the city, but we were really only there 2 days. The hawks have made it to the third round of the playoffs, but so far they've lost both games to the red wings! Boo! at least they got this far though!
Hope to catch you on AIM soon! <3 S