Mmmmmuseums

Guten Mutter Tag! (to all the mothers...so probably just mine, therest of you, hello)

So, I havent really being doing much these past couple of days as Ive been in pretty lame cities. I went to the Zoo in Frankfurt, though and there were giraffes, so Heather's jealous.

Anyway, today I went to the absolute best museum of all time. The Schokoladen Museum here in Köln is FABULOUS. For those of you who have not deduced this, Schokoladen = Chocolate. And it's brilliant from the very beginning... as you pay your 6 euro entrance fee, they give you a chocolate. What a good start! Then you walk through a gallery taking you through a brief history of chocolate and an equally brief description of how it is made. Then... oh, then you enter the best smelling room I have ever had the joy of setting foot in. This room is a recreated, miniature (and by miniature I mean its only one room, as opposed to a whole building) version of the Lindt Chocolate factory. All the machinery is here and they produce the chocolates for the entrance as well as for the gift shop on the spot. And not only that! The Lindt Chocolatiers are here! In their white uniforms with hats and all, just like in the commercials. Superb! It was thrilling... there's also a chocolate fountain in that room, where you are allowed to taste the chocolate. Mmmm... Then you are off to an exhibition upstairs which begins with displays of old shops with chocolate tins and other cool vintage stuff and ends in a more typical museume fashion... pictures, displays, explanatory cards. But not explaning just anything... no, this section of the museum is dedicated to chocolate as an aphrodisiac. Very nice.

So that was pleasant... and then I went to the Deutsches Sport and Olympia Museum. Not as cool as the chocolate museum (obviously) but cool enough. They had a special exhibit on - gasp! - soccer... German coaches and players around the world. And then they had their regular exhibit which takes you through the history of the Olympic Games and training in ancient times. The really cool part, though, are the interactive displays allowing you to experience a bike race, a bobsled ride and lifting some pretty serious weights. Of course, you werent allowed pictures here, so I have no proof... but trust me, it was hot.

Other than that, not toomuch happening. Its my last day in Germany today... tomorrow, I get to speak French, something I actually understand, so I'm excited about that!!

Ok, bye for now!

Steph :)