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  • 24 years old
  • From Maryland, United States
  • Currently in Texas, United States

Alba Italy: Truffles, Wine, and Lots of Fun

My experiences in Alba Italy :-)

Sadly there were no Oompa Loompas

Italy Torino (Turin), Italy  |  Feb 09, 2008
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So the chocolate factory was amazing. And quite filling. I didn't get to take any pictures inside, it is a very secretive place but I don't blame them they make a lot of products. I didn't even know about Ferrero until I came here. I didn't know they sold all the products they did. It is pretty amazing.

So we get there and they show us a video and got us to change into funny outfits which was pretty entertaining. I kept the outfit for memories sake and got pictures of my friends in their outfits so don't worry you will get to experience the outfit. After that we split up and went on two separate tours of the factories. It is a huge area and has a lot of workers. The amazing things about the factory is that a lot of it is run by robots and machines, it is crazy.

They gave us so much candy, I will be bringing some home. They have amazing chocolate. I am not that into chocolate but I can still admit that they are pretty good. Ferrero owns Kinder, Tic Tac, this tea company, and a bunch of other brands so there was a variety. Still they gave us too much stuff and then proceeded to take us to the Ferrero store to get more candy. They are crazy. I had enough.

Other than that yesterday we had a little bit of class, watched a movie and then hung out around the campus center for awhile chatting with friends and catching up. After that I went home and we went out to dinner at Vin Cafe. It was a nice dinner and then we went out with the music kids and hung out for awhile.

My cold is getting better and i am sleeping here and there. Hopefully I will be better soon. So tomorrow is Verona, I most likely will not be in touch. We are going to Verona, Venice, Padua, and Ravenna. We are supposed to be getting back on Friday but some of us may go on an extended trip instead of coming back. Paul gave us a four day weekend so we may go to Balogna and do some of our own traveling. If so I will be back sometime Monday most likely, maybe earlier. Please don't worry about me, they now gave us cell phones for every two of us. So me and my roommate Keisha share a phone. But she never uses it so I usually have it. I don't use it either but its nice to have it.

Today I am getting a couple little last minute things for my trip, cleaning stuff up and packing We are packing light so its not too bad but it is still a lot to think about. Before I know it I will be gone for a long period of time but then I should have my computer and hopefully wireless if not I will just have to find internet cafes. Anyway, I miss you guys. Love you.

Ciao.

Kat
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