Two Days in Kentucky

Six and a half hours after returning from Germany I was on the road again-- this time for a brief visit to Kentucky.  Our plan was to go on a tour of the Henry Clay estate on Sunday and then meet up with friends at the hotel.  Due to my late arrival from Germany, however, we got a late start to Kentucky and missed out on the Henry Clay estate.  On Monday we took a chocolate tour at Old Kentucky Candy.

Fair warning: you gain 5 pounds just by breathing in the fumes in the candy factory.  And of course they give you free samples, which add another 5 pounds. I suggest sampling the bourbon truffles, made with 100% Jim Bean Whiskey.  I liked the chocolate tour, because it means I have now seen every step in the process of making chocolate, from the time it leaves the cacao tree as a bean until it's packaged for shelving. So now, even more than horses, whiskey and blue grass, Kentucky means good chocolate candy. And sometimes you combine two of them and get a chocolate horse!