There is Hershey's and Cadbury's and Nestle's and then there is the new chocolate mecca and it is in Tain L'hermitage, France, on the banks of the Rhone river.
The plan was made to have a taxi meet us and another couple at the ship, moored on the opposite bank in Tournon, at 8:40 am, to take us to the new Valrhona chocolate museum and shop, built in 2013, and looking like a fancy chocolate box.
www.citeduchocolate.com
No taxi to be had on Saturday morning and almost no time to get there and back before the ship departed at 10:15 am. We gave it the old college try, but the path along the river was closed for construction, we had to criss-cross the river road several times when the sidewalk just ended and finally just before the bridge there was no dropped curb or level crossing. We would have had to take the scooter on a very narrow, very busy road with no guarantee that we could even get onto the bridge. So, sadly, all plans to have the ultimate chocolate adventure were scuttled.
Luckily Trader Joe's does sell Valrhona chocolate bars but it's not quite a substitute for a trip to the chocolat mothership.
Later in the day, a coolish, windy day, we visited the town of Viviers, and as we headed to the smallest cathedral in France for an organ concert, via minivan provided by Avalon River Cruises, we were rewarded by a stunning rainbow across the Rhone.
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