La Fete Du Chocolat de Mons, the French way of saying the Chocolate Festival in Mons. This was the 6th year for the festival and Zane was especially excited about going (and of course you know how I was dreading it!!!) It was held on the pedestrian street (a street with shops and restaurants, but no cars) near our house and down to the Grand Place where the big "Village" was located. It was comprised of a dozen or so separate exhibits by regional chocolatiers of their art, and let me tell you, some of it was very artistic. As you can tell from some of the pics some of the chocolates were beautifully decorated. Each painting design stood for a different addition to the chocolate. We tried on with pepper added. Zane was not a fan, but the rest of us really liked it, even Logie. Zane was very intrigued by the artisan making the cars (and got to buy one in the end). The brought their molds with them and were making them on site. Zane's favorite was the chocolate village, where a major chocolate distributor Cote D'Or had a set up with different tents where you went to learn about different aspects of chocolate. You got to fill out a quiz and if you got them all right you got a Chocolate diploma and goodie bag at the end. Let me tell you, that was the best hot chocolate I have ever had in my life!!! We also had some fabulous chocolate pie (not like pie at home, but the same general idea, but somehow better), some fresh chocolate covered marshmallows, and some truffles that were unbelieveable (I'm sending a tube to the parentals if any of you can talk them out of a taste, good luck!!!). Anyway, it was a great day, but I must say I was in a bit of sugar shock by lunch time!
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