Julia and the Chocolate Factory

Me and thousands of Crunchie bars

The biggest candy bars I have ever seen in my life .

Shopping for dinner

Road to the peninsula

Sights on the Otago peninsulaAt the Albatross Colony

Royal Albatross flying above

This week, I got the opportunity to take a tour through Dunedin's own Cadbury chocolate factory. While the tour isn't as grandioso as Willy Wonka's, I got free chocolate and some good pics (see above). We weren't allowed to take pics on the actual tour though. New Zealand has some chocolates that Canada does not have. For example, they have these candy-coated chocolates called Jaffas. The candy coat is an orange flavour. They look like small Gobstoppers. They are delicious. They also have a ton of different flavours when it comes to their bars. Everything from turkish delight to triple chocolate to whipped delight. Kiwis also love marshmallow as filling for a chocolate bar. I'm not such a fan of the stuff.

After the tour, we went to the Otago Peninsula to check out the Royal Albatross. These birds are quite famous in New Zealand. In fact, the name of my hall is Toroa which means Albatross in Maori. These birds essentially look like giant seagulls. But they act a whole lot more elegant and classy than the annoying birds that we know in Canada.

Overall, it was a good week once again. I will be having my flat birthday party this upcoming weekend. I know my birthday isn't for another month, but 2 of my flatmates birthdays are this week, so I wanted to have my birthday with them.