Claudia Sails

Henrypoon is correct in part - basic Valrhona chocolate can be found at US retailers like Amazon, King Arthur flour, etc but as you can see from the picture Valrhona has a very wide range that isn't … (View Post)

If you go to Valrona chocolate it's another place to stock up on items to bring home. The itinerary looks slightly different now than in 2014. We didn't get a class in chocolate making but could tast… (View Post)

The only long bus rides were, as the previous post said, btwn the river and Lisbon and Madrid. We went east bound. Per my docs.from the tour it was about 3 hrs Lisbon to Coimbra and 1 1\2 hrs on to P… (View Post)

I got Swiss francs at an ATM a short walk from the hotel but mostly used credit cards. You can't use American dollars or euros in Switzerland other than to exchange them for francs at a bank. (View Post)

For a single traveling alone the Cat 1 is the best value since you don't pay the fairly steep single supplement that comes with all other cabins. I stayed in one last year as my husband wasn't intere… (View Post)