Friday, February 10, 2012

Chocolate-making class AND the best of Vietnam

Well, I've done it.  Forget eating healthy. I had to sign up for a chocolate-making class, and boy oh boy, did I learn to make chocolate everything!!

As you can see, we didn't mess around in the class. Not at all!  We learned how to make truffles, how to temper chocolate properly, how to wrap chocolate in thin foil for presentation (not as easy as it sounds), and how to dip and decorate all kinds of good things. Yummy. Watch out for your bellies - I've got a new hobby!
And in the middle of all the chocolate fun - I finished going through our photos from Vietnam! Yeah!  Here are a few of my favorites from the country. The link to the rest of the "best of" is at the bottom of the post.  Gotta love winter evenings with kitties!

Lychees and street vendor in Saigon

Mushroom bags (no mushies yet, but they will be there)

Paper lantern store in Hoi An

Incense burning at a temple in Hanoi

Two images of junks in Halong Bay


Sapa rice and corn terraces
I blew up this terrace shot to give you an idea of how steep the valley is where Sapa is located (NW Vietnam up by the Chinese border)
Vietnam summed up in a photo

Happy days - Julie and Black H'mong hill tribe women, Sapa

This was a normal-sized load. We saw much more than that on one motorbike!

Black H'mong girls

Chau Doc

Yum.

We got engaged in Na Trang.... good times! 


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