Chocolates and Shoes~

On this day of remembrance, as we are reminded of the sacrifices of those who have come before us, and those who serve now... this Veterans Day was a day off for my hubby, so we took the USO bus out of town to relax, and enjoy some much needed time together doing something fun. What could ever be more fun than shoes shopping while enjoying chocolate??? I think there should be a law against this much pleasure~

We headed out, 43 on the bus, to a little town called Pirmasens, where the WAWI Chocolate factory was awaiting our arrival. After a wonderful tour of the plant... we planted ourselves in a cafe chair and devoured liquor truffles and a smooth cappuccino. Can you say heaven! With a grand sugar high we all headed back on the bus to our next destination, the city of Hauenstein, where we toured the factory of Joseph Seibel... the European comfort shoe. Again, we chose to leave the nice cameras at home only to be extremely frustrated at all the great photo opportunities that we missed along the way. Note to self: No more cameras left on the table!!!

2 pairs of new shoes for Eric, none for me? Is that possible??? I never thought I would see the day surely. But I did find out about the Chuck Taylor Converse Foto tour hitting Hauenstein Nov. 21. Don't you know we will be here, Converse in hand (or should I say on toe) and camera in the other. Great fun!

A cafe lunch, more shopping and a short bus ride home... where we made new friends from, of all places, San Antonio (its crazy to travel half way around the world to run into a family that you probably lived right down the street from?) and savored more of our Amaretto, Tiramisu, and Cappuccino truffles-shaped like little cups! Yummy! No shoe picks, but I broke out the camera and shot a few of our sugar delights...