Schokolade macht froh!

Das Schokolade Museum am Rhein

"Chocolate makes us happy". I think that's the best way to translate the post title. Many people love chocolate, but many also do not know how chocolate is made. Well, my friends and I had the opportunity to learn more about chocolate here in Köln. "Schokolade Museum" (Chocolate Museum) is located just at the bank of the Rhein River in Köln. This museum is dedicated to everything related to chocolate (history, harvesting, manufacturing, etc.). Entrance: About 7 Euro, 5 Euro for students with proof of student identification card.

The chocolate factory

I think this muesum ain't so boring unlike other musuems. It's interesting because: 1) It's about chocolate. 2) It's not old school, meaning it doesn't look like an old buildng from the inside. 3) There's a strong smell of chocolate in the museum. At the early entrance people could learn the origin of chocolate, how cocoa is planted and harvested, cocoa products from many countries (I found a packet of Milo in this museum :P), etc. The next part is the most interesting part. This museum doesn't only display facts about chocolate, but also make chocolate right inside the building. There are big machines for manufacturing chocolate, and a few workers operating them. Then, theres's this chocolate fountain. Melted chocolate from the machine is channeled to the fountain, so that there's chocolate flowing out of the fountain. Cool, but unfortunately visitors can't simply drink the chocolate from the fountain. There's a person standing there who will dip a small biscuit into the fountain and give it to them.

Warmth in winter...

There's a special large room in this museum, where they keep plants which grow in warm and humid climate. The great thing was, I was able to feel the Malaysian climate in this room during German winter. On ground floor there's a chocolate shop which sells various kinds of chocolate. I had to be careful though, cuz some of them contained alcohol. The price? Oklah.. I'm getting used to Euro. If I keep converting into RM, want to eat also I'm scared arh. :P

Beautiful spring...

It's already spring now, and it's getting warmer. Looking forward to do something interesting this Easter holiday. Maybe go to new places :-)