I am not the chocolaholic in the family but while we were in Hershey John and I both received a Master’s Degree in Chocolate Tasting and have the diploma to prove it!
One of the many fun things to do at Chocolate World is their Tasting Adventure.
It is a multimedia presentation during which we learned to taste chocolate much like connoisseurs experience wine.
Gardens like Hershey Gardens are wonderful places to visit. They appeal to people for all sorts of reasons. I enjoy the overall view of gardens appreciating the mix of flowers, trees and lawns, while John usually seeks out trees, especially bonsai, and others are interested in the individual blooms of the flowers
The 72 steps leading up to the Philadelphia Art Museum are called the “Rocky Steps” after Rocky’s run up the flight in the movie of the same name. It became symbolic of the ability of an underdog to triumph. Today, some tourists run up the steps in Rocky fashion. Others walk. The view at the top is great.
Two things are touted as being good for one’s health – walking and chocolate. John and I decided to get healthy by taking the Philadelphia Chocolate Walking Tour while in Philly. We met Shanna outside Reading Terminal Market, a foodie heaven with more than one hundred merchants vending all kinds of food items from fresh fish to Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches, and, of course, chocolate.
John and I have been to Philadelphia several times in the past but every visit has been rewarding. Our recent trip left us with the desire to return again soon. There is so much to see and do in this place where America began. We stayed at the Omni Independence Park Hotel, which is not only a great hotel but it has an awesome location just steps away from most of the historic places.
The Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pa., is in a class of its own. It all came about at the request of Kitty, Milton Hershey’s wife, to start a school for orphan boys. Unable to have children of their own, they created the Hershey Industrial School for orphan boys in 1909.
The school has grown through the years and changed to meet the needs of today’s world.
Sandbridge is a long stretch of beach south of the hotel resort area of Virginia Beach. The beach is lined with houses, actually several rows of houses, but even though it was peak season the beach never felt crowded. The waves were great for playing in and for boggie boarding.
Annapolis is an easy city to love. It has a lot going for it. It is small as cities go, located on the Chesapeake Bay, close to Washington and Baltimore, and steeped in history. There were a lot of things John and I loved including the fact that the historic part is easy to get around.
John and I have always used the word Annapolis when talking about the U.S. Naval Academy. While the Naval Academy is in Annapolis, Maryland, the locals never refer to it as Annapolis, reserving that for the name of the city. I will try to remember this fine point.
My husband, John, and I have been to Myanmar several times. The country has a plethora of interesting sites including Bagan, Mandalay and Lake Inle. But, it is beautiful Ngapali Beach on the Bay of Bengal that draws us back year after year.
Ngapali Beach is a 40-minute plane ride from Yangon, the former capital.
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