Chocolate and First Barefoot Running Mistake

I'm guilty. I ate like **** while in Switzerland. The first day when we arrived all of the stores were already closed and eating out was way out of budget. Are you serious that McDonald's burger is 8$ and actual food is more along the lines of 30$. So if you ever come to Switzerland remember to pack some $$$, it's quite a pricey country! What did I eat that night? Umm... granola bars dipped in PB! Hey it was delicious! I did go to sleep hungry though with the hopes of a proper breakfast buffet to make up for it.

Oh wait. Did I forget that I was staying in a jail? I somehow managed to eat that stale bread after covering it with tonnes of butter and honey. C'mon, butter makes everything tasty :) For lunch, I went to a grocery store and there it was waiting for me. The gold of all gold (unless you're vegan), what I was waiting for in Switzerland, the gorgeous and ridiculously cheap Gruyere Cheese. Yum! Ate like 200g of it within 2 days. Along with that I bought a huge loaf of bread and went to go sit along side Lake Lucerne. So European care-free style! Until the swans showed up and starred me down to give them some bread...


Other eats included walking from one chocolate store to another and eating up their samples. I also bought some chocolate to take Canada with me. Didn't really get a picture because they got a bit squished!

Source: http://www.theswissbakeryonline.com/store/c/72-Cailler.html

The Frigor Dark Chocolate is amazing. It was just appropriately sweet and really creamy due to the almond filling. Absolute delight for any dark chocolate lover! I wish I bought multiple bars :(

Source: http://www.coopathome.ch/b2c_coop/coop/deeplink.do?nav=SUPERMKT

The Kirsh Chocolate is good... if you really enjoy the taste of alcohol. It's really quite strong, more like overwhelmingly strong. I'd say you barely taste the chocolate, just the Kirsh.

Source: http://www.swisschocolate-online.com

The Chocolate Mousse was disappointing. I might have been really old but it was nothing like what you'd expect from a candy bar like Aero. It was bland and had nothing mousse like about it :(

Apart from chocolate, if you're ever in Switzerland do check out all of their jewelery and watch stores. They're absolutely gorgeous! Plus how often do you get to see a 100,000$ watch!?

As for Barefoot Running! Things are progressing... slowly. I do experience a bit of soreness in my calves some days and it is kind of annoying that I don't do more then 30 minutes of running a week. I still do about an hour of fast walking so I am getting the recommended daily exercise ^^ Now the mistake. Well I've been overdoing the forefoot/ mid-foot landing aspect in that I've been landing on the ball of my feet all the time and my heel would never even come in contact with the floor. Apparently that's how you're supposed to run when you're sprinting! When you continue it for long distances it strains your calves. Therefore, I'm working on making sure that I lend somewhere in between forefoot and mid-foot first and then slowly let my heel come down to the floor. As with everything- balance is key!

Do you guys have any particular chocolates that you love? I know it's so hard to choose :D