It was a very cold morning when the Italians and a group of
Belgian students were on a bus to Bruges. Luckily it was quite warm on the bus
and some of the students took a chance to talk with the foreign mate while
others were taking a nap while we were driving through a completely white
countryside. Once in Bruges we split the group in two mixing the students
together. A group went to the Chocolate Museum and the other one around the
city tasting good chocolate. The Chocolate Museum was a complete
experience into the world of cocoa, starting from its origins in South America
to its arrival in Europe where the Belgians excelled for quality and creativity
with pralines. Next to the Taste Room there were some astonishing statues in chocolate,
featuring cartoon characters, classical and modern sculptures. After a lot of
theory and history all the students stopped to see a live demonstration of the
making of pralines, which finally they could taste.
The chocolate itinerary went
on among the beautiful Medieval streets of Bruges, its stone bridges and iced
canals. The cold didn't stop us to pop into some chocolate shops to taste the
wide choice of flavours and buy some sweet souvenirs.
In the meantime Mirco and
Nicola filmed some scenes for our documentary.