Cadbury World and Castle Combe

 Last weekend we took the kids to Cadbury World in Bournville, Birmingham.  We learned how chocolate was made and the history of Cadbury.  We rode the cadabra ride which is a beanmobile that rides through a  village of cocoa beans.  The kids loved it!  We played with melted chocolate on marble slabs making designs and Abigale wrote her name in chocolate.  My favorite part was the tasting area where we got a cup of warm liquid chocolate with a topping of our choice.  It was very rich and yummy.  Before the tour started we got 8 chocolate bars and also bought a few of our favorites in the worlds biggest store.  So, we left with enough chocolate to last us a while I hope.  
I recently discovered that the Cadbury chocolates sold in America is not produced in England but by Hershey's chocolate in America, so the chocolate tastes a little different.  Chocolate made in England tastes creamier and richer.  It's delicious!! 

 

the Cadbury cocoa bean

huge chocolate bars

lots of chocolate!

please mommy!!

cup of warm chocolate - yum!

more chocolate!!

chocolate bar bigger than Cole

London sign made of 2 pence coins

adventure playground

Cole loved splashing in the puddles.  Too bad I forgot his wellies.

Selly Manor dates back to the 1300s. Down the street from Cadbury World.

tropical rainforest where the cocoa bean was discovered

Replica of Bull Street where John Cadbury opened his first shop in 1824

All the chocolates we brought home! The Green & Black's Dark Chocolate is my favorite.

We also walked the village of Castle Combe last weekend.  We've driven through it several times and have always wanted to walk through it and have lunch in the pub.  We discovered that the recent movie War Horse was filmed in Castle Combe.  It's known as the prettiest village in England. 

St. Andrew's Church

Posting about War Horse being filmed in the village

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The Manor House Hotel

The village pub where we had lunch

Abigale's cheese sandwich

fish and chips