St. Mary's and the Chocolate Factory

We started out the day with daily diet of Nutella and bread. At 9:30 on the dot, we started our seminar. We learned about classical and romantic music. Doc compared Mozart and Beethoven as examples of different composers. Mozart used a pattern for his sonatas which made them easier to write; in contrast, Beethoven wrote music according to his emotions. After the seminar, we took a break for lunch. Today's lunch was red beets, sausage and lentils, and strawberry and apple meringue which most every liked. After lunch, we rested before our trip to the chocolate factory. We painted our nails, relaxed, and played Word Warp, which is our favorite way to pass time. At three o' clock, we headed outside to begin our walk to the chocolate factory. However, we could not start until we had properly documented our various colored rain jackets. We then walked for thirty minutes in the french country-side. When we arrived at the chocolate factory, we walked through the gift shop filled with a tempting variety of different chocolates. the factory was a rather large room filled with machines and a table. With Madame Bell translating, we learned about the long process of making chocolate. The chocolate company, G & G Cesbron, was created by two brothers. The brothers received the chocolate already made and created beautiful (and tasty!) pieces of art. Then it was every St. Mary's girl's dream; we were allowed to taste the different stages of chocolate. The first piece was very bitter and caused a lot of us to make funny faces. Then we tried the white, milk, and dark chocolate. We could not get enough of that chocolate. I am sure that by the time we left we had emptied all three bowls of chocolate. The brothers then showed us how they coat pieces of chocolate with more chocolate. The pieces of chocolate would go through the machine and be coated on both sides of the chocolate. In the machine, there was a pool of chocolate that would simply be re-used again. Afterwards, we went the gift shop and bought lots and lots of chocolate to take home. We then walked back to the chateau. I think that the best part of the trip for us was eating all of the chocolate.