We first broke down in Prague. We bought some chocolate in a really nice candy store where they were rolling hard candies. They also had cases full of fanciful chocolates. We had some fun picking out a few each, and then we took our little box of six chocolates back to our room. And
once we got settled, we opened our box and made a first pick. And then we bit in . . ., and we were sorely disappointed. These chocolates were not very good. They were dry and tasteless. We were s
hocked. But there it is. The lesson of the day: do not buy chocolate in Prague!
However, we had not given up on chocolate just yet. We decided that Vienna had to have great chocolate. We found a chocolate store just across from Stephansdom. The chocolates in this shop were named after musical composers - Mozart, Brahms and Shubert. So, once again, we made some careful choices and carried our small package back to our hotel. This time, we had made a very good choice. We had selected a bag of chocolate covered wafers with small nuts included in the outside layer of chocolate. These were really good. In fact, they were so good that we each bought our own bag of these chocolates the next day -- for our respective trip "home."
But the ultimate chocolate experience in Vienna was a trip to the Sacher Hotel to try the world famous Sacher torte. The Sacher Hotel is a very old, very ritzy hotel that sits in a prominent location just behind the Opera House. One side of the Hotel borders on the pedestrian mall and on that side the Hotel has an outdoor cafe. We were lucky to snag a table and thoroughly enjoyed a later afternoon soda with Sacher torte. This torts is a dense chocolate mousse type cake, and it is served with fresh whipped cream. Yum. Yum. I thought it was perfect.
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