Day 3

CHOC AND CHEESE

chocolate tour written by Tom Armstrong

we had to get up at about 6:00

so so tired.

but the good thing was we didn't have to wait for breakfast.

coco pops and hot chocolate before the chocolate tour wasn't the best idea

it went down well though,

until we had the samples but I will get to that bit later.

we got on the coach about 8:00 but only left at 8:30

(I slept all the way, Tom.)

for everyone else it was a long and boring journey.

we finally got to the factory at about 10:30 to 11:00.

the first thing you smelt was the best smell in the world ever

chocolate loverly loverly chocolate.

the first room was like a cinema with really old chocolate ad's,

the seats were really comfy though.

the next room had all the ingredients and a woman told us how the chocolate was made

it was interesting but the smell sort of put me off thinking.

we got to try coco beans, coco butter, almonds and hazelnuts.

The next room was small but you got to smell different types of chocolate ingredients and the chocolate itself.

the next room was full of little videos on the floor and walls

it also had lots of CCTV videos of people making the chocolate in the factory.

Now to the sampling

there were so many samples

as much as you wanted, so me being me I had 2 of every one

a lot of the scouts after that room felt ill and 1 scout was sick later

back to the samples

it went from milk chocolate to fancy mixes of chocolate to white chocolate to dark chocolate to nutty chocolate

even chocolate with honey in it.

Then we watch them actually make it, there were a lot of different machines and gizmos

like churners, mixers and many more.

The next room and the second to last room was full of old machines and mechanisms

there were mixers made from stone and copper,

a wrapping machine,

a machine that I think chopped up the chocolate

and some more little machines

the final and second best room was the shop

just chocolate

it was cheapish

still quite a lot of money

but it was better priced than in england

tom was here 2008

cheese tour (Sean Hubbard's bit)

we left the chocolate factory and got on the coach we went to the French part of Switzerland and stopped in a village for an hour. That was where the scout was sick. Anyway onto the cheese tour. We walked down to the factory and went in. We were given a voice guide(like a headset without the headphones). We had to press buttons from 1-16 depending on where we were. On one part we could smell different types of grass that the cows ate. In one section we looked down on the people making the cheese. In that same bit there was a question and answer quiz. We walked out and handed in our voice guides. Some people went into the shop. I went and saw the cellar and then I went to the cafe and got a lemonade, I drunk it and then it was time to go and that brings us up to now.

That's what happened today!!