To kick off the beginning of our Fall Break, my roommates Dee, Gina, Kelly and Jess went to Italy's biggest chocolate festival in Perugia! We heard about the festival when we first moved in, back in August and knew it was something we had to do! We took a bus to the town of Perugia and took a cool little tram that runs through the mountains to get to the top of the city, located in the highest part of the mountains in the area. once we got to the top, we took a few pictures at the amazing view and got our chococards! the chococards are stamp-able cards you bring to vendors to get tons of free chocolate samples and accessories!
As soon as we turned the corner to the festival block, we were greeted with fudge samples and rows and rows of tents with chocolate deliciousness! we sampled hot chocolate, which, in Italy is literally melted milk chocolate in cups, fudge, chocolate-covered popcorn, truffles, bars, and a chocolate KEBAB. The chocolate kebab was a crepe-like flat, filled with whipped cream, drizzled chocolate, and sheared chocolate fudge than the lady at the stand cut fresh.
We spent most of the day there eating chocolate and then explored the beautiful little city of Perugia. The cobblestone streets and steep, hilly roads looked right out of a postcard. About every 10 minutes you can find a ledge to look off and see the gorgeous hazy mountains and the city's countryside since the city center is the highest point. It was an amazing day and such a good way to celebrate being done with midterms!!
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