Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Chocolate + Travels

I booked my flight to Vancouver yesterday and and in an interesting turn of events, I'm adding Binghamton, NY to my travel schedule. Still not sure which month, but it is looking like March. I'm visiting Gwen, an old college friend along with L. It should be a girls weekend before Gwen leaves the U.S. I'm sure it will be a great time, but right now figuring out the logistics of the trip is making my head hurt. For some odd reason it's cheaper to fly into Syracuse, NY. But Syracuse is about an hour away from Binghamton, so I'd most likely have to take a Greyhound bus there and back. Which is okay, but after already having a layover on the flight, coupled with a bus ride, well, I can see myself being tired and cranky. However, if I fly directly to Binghamton, it's about $100 or so more and I'd still have a layover. *shakes head* At least I have some time to figure out this trip.

It was so nice out today, and for some reason I was craving dessert. Specifically chocolate. I googled dessert, and came up with Belvedere Belgian Chocolate Shop. I've passed this place numerous times, but never have gone in it. Until today. I couldn't make up my mind so I ended up grabbing 5 pieces of chocolate--two chocolate covered oreos (which I devoured on the way back to the office), one dark chocolate Boulder bar, a dark chocolate Almond, and a piece of milk chocolate covered toffee. I certainly treated myself, and no, I didn't go crazy and eat it all. I did eat the almond, and it was great. Definitely rich but definitely satisfied my craving. The rest are going into my snack drawer, to have on hand when my next chocolate craving hits.

3 comments:

Betts said...

If it were me (I'm great for giving advice, huh?) I'd pay the extra $60. You'd have to pay for a bus ticket anyway and the difference is probably worth it.

Wonderful said...

Betts, I appreciate your advice! I've thought about the trip logistics way too much lately--hence the headache. And yeah, good point about the bus ticket. Paying the extra money would save me time too.

Thistledew Farm said...

Pay the extra - you'll have more time to eat chocolate - great choices! Mmmmmm love quality chocolate, and not so quality chocolate....