Chocolate festival

A chocolate festival is a dream come true whilst living in a country famous for delicious, smooth chocolate but if I'm to be honest it wasn't all THAT good. Perhaps I set my expectations too high for this one, as a chocolate lover might do. The festival was in a small town called Versoix which is very close to Geneva so it was a bit of a drive to get there. Also, we've noticed that most events that are anticipating large numbers of people tend to direct cars to car parks that are a little while away from the event so as to not cause too much congestion near the venue. You then pile onto a shuttle bus with other eager festival goers and it takes you to the doorstep. It sounds like a nice system but in reality it makes travel time long and tedious. The weather was very nice however so we didn't mind it so much.

The festival consisted of a large tent with approximately 15 stalls of Swiss artisan chocolatiers selling their wares. While the tent wasn't overly crowded, each stall was swarmed by people seeking a free taste of the delicious, brown stuff. I'm not too fond of crowds but chocolate is enough to get me in, bumping elbows with the rest of them.

We did the rounds (a few times) and tasted bits of this and bits of that, pretended to be connoisseurs interested in the complexities of each variety but really we just wanted to get our grubby hands on the goods. To buy chocolate there was quite expensive because each thing was made by hand and well, like I've said many times before, things are expensive in Switzerland. I bought a very tasty chocolate mousse which came doused in oozy (that word always makes me think of Nigella) chocolate, a very large strawberry macaron and we both enjoyed a chocolate beer from England.

It was a nice opportunity to visit the lovely Lake Geneva too. The weather was warm and the sun was shining.