I’m not sure how I managed again to get so completely behind, but luckily I have a free weekend to update on all my travels in the past month, also in an effort to distract me from what has been going on at home.
So Perugia, already famous for its chocolate, hosts the largest chocolate festival in Europe!! So naturally I had to go and see what it was all about. For a little over a week (October 13-23) they hold a festival setting up booths with everything flavor and type of chocolate that you can imagine: chocolate truffles, chocolate fudge, chocolate covered fruits, chocolate liqueur, chocolate pudding, hot chocolate, etc. etc.
The title of the festival is EuroChocolate and they offer a card you can buy for 6 euro that will allow you to get free stuff from a select few booths! That free card was all I needed to eat my fill of chocolate for the day! With it, I was able to get a chocolate picture frame (which I ate), something of a cross between pudding and liquid chocolate, some baby chocolate bars, and some chocolate liqueur! I also bought a chocolate covered banana and some “chocolate” pasta (which after making this later at home I realized I shouldn’t have paid for).
Overall it was delicious! And I definitely satisfied my sweet tooth. Not to mention that Perugia is a cute hill town that I had the chance to walk around and explore! It’s experiences like these that make living in Europe so much different from vacationing here. Every town that I have visited has so much character and interesting qualities that I have been storing away in my mind.
As an architecture student, I love analyzing buildings and places to determine what makes them a successful destination point and why they have remained popular for hundreds of years. Perugia is just so intimate because of its small slanting streets and stone buildings but surprisingly you never feel enclosed or threatened by the fact that you are surrounded all the time. Even though I haven’t spent as much time in the classroom this semester I have been learning more than I ever thought possible by traveling.
Location: Perugia, Italy
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