We boarded the coach after lunch, and began our 1 hour journey to the chocolate factory. We started playing the children's favourite game ('Are We There Yet?'), but this time they were reluctant to believe Mr Adams' stock answer of 20 minutes. It took them rather longer than expected to figure out if anything WAS actually 20 minutes away, it was purely an accident, and not because Mr Adams knew where we were going! We learned some interesting facts about the history of chocolate in Europe, and how the different types of chocolate are made at the small factory. All this paled into insignificance when the children realised they were getting free samples of each type of chocolate discussed. Mrs Bartlett was more excited than the children!
While not cheap, the chocolates were beautifully presented and very high quality. The children got a 5% discount on top of the 'I've gotten to the counter with insufficient money and don't understand what you're asking me for' discount which the generous ladies at the counter also afforded the children when they were short by 50c or so. One student made a particularly good attempt to speak French. He wasn't sure of all the words, and actually caused some slight panic behind the counter, but with a little bit of help was able to communicate to non-English speaking French people. Very impressive!
It was a fantastic trip, and we're all thoroughly looking forward to our foray into Paris and Versailles tomorrow.
