Day 20 Adelaide

After such a full day yesterday, we decided to take it easy today. We were booked in for an 11am tour of Adelaide's famous Haigh's Chocolates which was only a 10 minute drive away. That's one thing that's good about Adelaide, nothing seems too far away.

As we entered the visitors centre / shop the aroma of chocolate was amazing... we all almost started drooling! There were chocolates everywhere! The tour was about 30 minutes and begun in a small room where we learnt about the history of the company - it is today run by the 4th generation of Haighs. In the 1950's Mr Haigh spent 12 months in Switzerland learning more about chocolate making with the Lindt family. Today, Haighs only sell through their own shops, 6 in Adelaide, 5 in Melbourne and 1 in Sydney, so it's pretty exclusive... and expensive. A free sample of milk and dark chocolate proved it was also very nice!

Moving down a corridor we learnt about the process of turning cocoa beans and other assorted ingredients into fine chocolates. Finally we could view the factory area through large windows where we saw huge cement mixer looking stainless steel bowls of chocolate, easter eggs in a 'spinning machine' ensuring even-ness around the whole egg. The kids were quite impressed with it all, as were the parents. Finally, the tour guide handed out more samples which Ethan in particular woofed down at a very quick pace.

We spent some time browsing in the shop, buying just a few... how could we not? You can get a hand wrapped chocolate frog that is 375 gms and costs $20... we stuck to some smaller ones as the temperature over the next few days is predicted to be high 30's and low 40's so it would not survive long.

On the way back to the caravan Ethan complained about a sore tummy... life lesson their for him!

We are planning to take it easy the rest of the day... with some time in the pool and a bbq tea.