Maison Cailler Swiss Chocolates

Someone in the office left a bag of Cailler Swiss chocolates in the kitchen today. I took the liberty of sampling them. If Adam gets to go on assignment in Switzerland, I'll be a very happy girl.

The lait (milk chocolate) was fantastic. Creamy and full of cocoa, this chocolate has a lighter taste than your typical Hershey's bar. I wasn't as big of a fan of the dessert or cremant chocolates. The dessert has traces of praline which I'm not a fan of, and the cremant was a 'extrafine dark chocolate,' and I'm not into that either. 

But unexpectedly, the blanc chocolate was my favorite. Super silky and supple, just like chocolate should be.  What's your favorite international chocolatier?



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TripAdvisor’s Top 25

TripAdvisor recently released their list of Traveler's Choice Top 25 Destinations. Out of the list, I have been to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Queenstown, New Zealand, and San Francisco. Here I am with a sign leading to A.J. Hackett's Bungy Centre in downtown Queenstown. Gotta love those Kiwis!

Not too bad. On the list are definitely cities I want to visit: Rome, Venice, Lucerne Switzerland, Sydney, Prague, and the list goes on.  At least now I have some good advice before I go. Any places that you think should have made the list?

It's quite possible to be in love with several things at once.

One of the great things about life is the ability to be in love with everything at once.  Right now I love poppies, London accents, overcast summer days when it can't get too hot, and playing softball on the Mall in Washington.  I'm beginning preparations to move to New Zealand to enjoy five months and one week of fabulous southern hemisphere spring and summer, while escaping the tepid East Coast winter.  Hopefully this will be 5 months of exploring the world's most rugged and beautiful country and finding it in me to join the real world when I come back.  Or even better, find an inexpensive French immersion class in Switzerland. Either of those options would be entertaining.

Traveling out of a backpack is definitely going to be difficult. I can only bring two J.Crew cardigans, can't bring my Lilly patchwork shorts or any of my sundresses, and have to leave the cute flats I've been collecting at home.  Luckily, they sell hairdryers in New Zealand because the weird electrical outlet converters freak me out.  Why can't the  world run on the same electricity, or the same mobile service?  That would be so much more convenient.  For tonight I can say I have successfully purchased a backpack, the Kelty Coyote 4750

and I hope it works out well.  Packing list soon to come. Cheers!