Chocolate Wonderland

This morning I decided to have breakfast at the bakery which was a nice change and I was the only one there but sadly there were no hot drinks available today. I went to the wrong classroom but luckily I was early so I quickly found the right room. Today's lessons seemed to go a bit faster although I'm finding my listening skills aren't so good so I'm trying to listen to more Chinese movies and concentrate on the dialogues.

After class I walked to Hongqiao Lu station and took the Metro to Huamu Lu station. I got stopped by people trying to sell me tickets to the chocolate wonderland but I ignored them and went to the actual kiosk. It cost 100RMB to get inside and I seriously felt like a big kid I was so excited at so much chocolate!

The music was rather repetitive and I'd actually hate to be working there all day... The exhibition was up 3 lots of escalators and I had to go through a security check. I was then handed a free chocolate seashell and a free chocolate flower ^^

The first part was mostly things behind glass cases and behind ribbons although it was fascinating to see a lot of things were made of chocolate shaped into Lego made into buildings! There were huge slabs of chocolate for "decoration". I guess they give you a free chocolate to stop you trying to nibble on the exhibits......

I loved the Chinese dragon - the detail was amazing! The replica Terracotta army was impressive and each soldier made of solid chocolate and the ground covered in chocolate shavings. Then the exhibit changed and showed chocolate from different parts of the world, like Swiss chocolate, German chocolate etc. There was a man showing how to make chocolate although I didn't stay long enough to see if he was handing any out.

I saw a violin made of chocolate, even a scooter, some works of art and even South Park characters. Past this part of the exhibit and there was a stage with one of the mascots waving around. Then it became like a small village with stores set up. Inside one called "Mini Bites" were cupcakes on display - I was surprised people weren't eating them because they were just left out for show!

There was a store with chocolate made from camel milk, a more familiar Lindt chocolate (handing out free chocolate), Guylian chocolate, and then some very fancy expensive stuff. And then there was the shop. 100RMB was quite a lot for this as I only spent about an hour. Outside of the main exhibit was a small area set up for foods (chocolate) but this was full of kids. It was a good idea to come on Thursday as it was less busy and I could spend as much time as I wanted looking at things.

I then headed back to the flat and contemplated going to the cinema but got too comfortable at home and have homework to do ;)

 Yah....Wihdows......

 If I ever get married I want this cake =p