To think, I said to my husband, that Suzanne most likely stood exactly here, buying a box of nougatines, it must have been this chocolaterie, for I found the box in the attic back when we tidied up the place.
Visiting an old fashioned chocolaterie is giving me so much nostalgia, especially when it’s one of those shops that haven’t much changed over years. There’s a very special one in Nevers called „Au Negus“, if you ever have the chance to be nearby, it’s an absolute must with its historic interiors. This is where Suzanne used to live before she lived in our first house for the rest of her life. The chocolaterie in Nevers, it’s still the same as when Suzanne, who’s story I found hidden in the attic of our house in Jonvelle, ran the Hotel du Courrier in Nevers. Time capsule.
Out here we always visit the chocolaterie in the sleepy town of Darney, getting hand cast chocolate Santas and bells and angels for Christmas. And mother will bring along a little crisp paper bag of Praline Scherrer chocolate nuts so we all can make a wish over coffee.
*This is Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar! Advent calendars are a big tradition where I come from: every day until Christmas Day you prepare a small gift for a loved one, fourandtwenty little surprises. Advent calendars come in beautifully old fashioned prints on cardboard, extra glitter and glory, and each day there’s a little perforated window waiting for you be opened. Others are more elaborate, pretty baskets filled with twenty four numbered parcels, red velvet ribbons and sprigs of fir. The one I’m making for you this season is a different one altogether, it comes in digital form. Unless specially marked, all content is hand-stitched by myself, lovingly compiled and written for your amusement.
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