Let’s start off with the Cadbury tour. Can we say HEAVEN!!! The actual factory was closed so we couldn’t tour it, but we were able to tour other parts. The tour started off by giving us each a bag of 4 candy bars. Uh…yeah baby…now that is my kind of tour!! On the site they had 2 silos that they used to use for making chocolate, but no longer do. We were able to go up in one of them. It was several stories high and there were these chocolate bin type things going up the middle of the staircase. Once we got to the top our guide told us to yell….”We want chocolate”. We did and he flipped a switch and a chocolate waterfall just opened up from the ceiling. We weren’t allowed to take any pictures, but I can just tell you that it was amazing!! After that chocolate waterfall we headed down and he took us into a room where we sampled “liquid chocolate”. Basically it is just the initial base of melted chocolate before they do anything with it. YUMMMY!!!!!!!!!!!At the end of the tour we actually got caught in a hail storm. Luckily it didn’t last long, but it did not stop us from making a run for it to get to the shop where we could purchase candy. Once inside….I was a kid in a candy store….literally. There were so many different kinds of chocolate. I bought a ton and guess what….I wish I had bought more because a lot of the types you can’t get in the states. Supposedly there is another factory in Hobart….might just have to make a stop by there and get more!!
After we were loaded down with chocolate and trying to keep it from melting, we headed on our tour of the Larnach Castle. The highlight of this tour was our tour guide…Max. Too bad we couldn’t bring him home with us. He was mighty fine! The castle was beautiful too though. The grounds were so green! Again, it’s one of those you’ll just have to see it for yourselves some day.
Next on the agenda is 3 sea days. One of those (tomorrow actually) is cruising around the Fiords.
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