Chocolate!

Marina and I have wanted to see the Chocolate Exhibit at the museum for quite a while but we haven’t had time to check it out. So we decided to go today after church. When we arrived at the museum it was crowded but we were able to find a parking place without too much trouble. We went to the see the Chocolate exhibit first. We arrived at the same time as a 5-year-old girl and her father, so she and Marina hung out together through most of the exhibit.

We started by seeing models of cacao trees and went through the process of how it is made into cocoa. Next, we covered the spread of chocolate throughout the world. Finally, we saw how chocolate has become more accessible to people in various forms.

At the end of the exhibit was a chocolate shop. Marina wanted hot chocolate but they were out of it, so she had two dark chocolate truffles and I had an éclair. After we ate, we decided to go through the animal dioramas. We located many of the hidden elves and showed some other people where they can find them.

We also spent time in the Native American exhibit where Marina designed a rug and we looked over her favorite artifacts. By then it was close to closing time at the museum, so we headed home.