BRUGES CHOCO-LATÉ FESTIVAL

In the old hospital of St-Jan, a chocolate fair took place, where dozens of artisanal and well-known chocolatiers were present.

This fair is the Mekka for chocolatelovers, at almost every stand you could taste a range of flavours. With great designs the event was a delight for both eyes and papillae!

The fair offered a great diversity of chocolate-related activities: you could see chocolate sculptors, painters and bodypainters their remarkable and tasteful brio. There was even a chocolate tailor who designed chocolate dresses.

The second stop of the track, the chocolate museum, immerses the visitor in the 2500 year old history of chocolate. It has a unique collection of more than thousand objects, telling more about the origin and evolution of chocolate. In addition the museum also shows how chocolate is made, with special attention to the varied raw materials and the production process in the past and present.

The third stop of the track showed an exhibition concerning the history of chocolate drinks from the Maya's up to the present.

A minus point was perhaps the success of the festival, which resulted from time to time to a very crowded as a result of which it sometimes what plays the drums were and much information went lost.

From the organizers we heard that we can look forward to a second edition next year. We are already very much looking forward to it, since this years edition sure was to our taste!

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