Day 3: Lac Léman (Swiss chocolate making)

The next morning I was really dragging due to an entire week of sleep deprivation. 

However some of that tiredness evaporated when I walked into the breakfast room and saw the stunning view of Lac Léman and the surrounding mountains.  This trip may not be relaxing, but it is worth it!

It was about a 30 minute bus ride to Maison Callier, the oldest chocolate company in Switzerland. 

We knew we had to do something chocolate related and we were a bit intimidated when they displayed this beautiful statue, but they were great at guiding and teaching and before long we were molding and assembling pieces like … well, not like pros but like enthusiastic amateurs.  

Our first lesson of the day, “Chocolate senses fear.”

We had to build the elements of the statue (cube, ball, tentacles, flower petals) and then assemble them into our vision. Our flower petals set up too flat and so our flower started to fall apart so we decided it was the Empress of Spring who was running away from summer and holding her fallen petals. 

We thought we were pretty clever with our concept, but we ranked dead last in presentation, so it seems we were the only ones who did.  Oh well, at least we had fun.Read more