We've experienced action, adventure, new friendship, family bonding, serenity, relaxation and beauty since setting out on our exploration of the South Pacific and NZ; but, today was by far the "Sweetest" day of our journey! Although initially it took a little persuading from the Esteb females, Curt willingly obliged...Our Destination: Cadbury's Chocolate Factory in the Scottish settlement of Dunedin, NZ!
Lisa: I recently came across a greeting card that read,"Too much of a good thing...is wonderful!" Well, that pretty much sums up my thoughts on Cadbury World. I mean, what could be better than Chocolate - Free chocolate and "Heaps" of it! My favorite part of the tour was when we went to the top of a large silo and shouted "We want chocolate!" only to have a giant vat of melted chocolate ($1,000 dollars worth) spill out in a "Chocolatefall" right over our heads and in front of our eyes. Very touristy but Awesome!
Maddy: Honestly, I was a bit disappointed when there were no Oompa Loompas on the tour, but they did have Christmas Elfs (and I guess that is pretty close to Oompa Loopas) and a chocolate waterfall, plus they gave us tons of free chocolate that tasted really good!!! (I even liked the dark chocolate, and normally I hate dark chocolate.)
McKenna: We went on a tour through the factory and it reminded me a lot of Willy Wonka's. When we started the Cadbury Tour, Claire, our guide, gave us hair nets. The funny thing was that my dad got a net for his head and his gotee! He looked really silly. Through the tour, Claire gave us lots of free chocolate and extra chocolate if we listened to the tour and answered her questions.
CHOCOLATE FUN FACTS:
In the New World, cacao beans were used as currency (Rabbit & Turkey cost 10 beans, a Pumpkin cost 4 beans)- Money really did grow on trees!
Chocolate contains saturated fats but it has no cholesterol!
Unsweetened Chocolate obstructs plaque growth on your teeth
Columbus was the first explorer to bring the cacao bean to Europe, but the Spanish king was unimpressed (Chris should have given it to Isabella she would have known its value - it's a girl thing.)
In 1528 Cortez introduced drinking chocolate to the Spanish Court...and the Europe's chocolate love-affair began
The Greek scientific name for chocolate is "Theobroma Cacao" - Meaning "Drink of the gods"
The microwave oven was invented as a result of a chocolate bar melting in a researchers pocket when he passed by a radar.
The 1st Easter Egg was made in 19th Century France - Now, Dunedin's Cadbury factory spends 6 months a year producing 40 million easter eggs for NZ 4 Million people.
NZ consumes 4KG of Chocolate a Year
AUS consumes 8KG of Chocolate a Year
US consumes 10KG of Chocolate a Year
EUR consumes 14KG of Chocolate a Year
3 comments:
Oh my goodness. You have died and gone to chocolate heaven. Too cool!
~Mark
Wow. . . that's something I would do any time. I am stuck here with homework (loads)Rachel and I think about you everyday! We miss you so so so much.
Love ya man,
a chocolate waterfall??!! What a blast. I am with you guys...I would have been looking for oompa loompas around every corner.
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