WIlly Wonka and the Land of the Three Musketeers

On our way down from Scandanavia, we made two stops on the way to Paris- Copenhagen and Cologne, Germany. One word describes Copenhagen-disappointing. People who say the French are rude haven't been to Denmark and we don't suggest it. Oh, and btw, if you're going to see the Little Mermaid... she's in Beijing for the next three months.



Onto Cologne, where we visited the coolest museum of the trip thus far- the Lindt Chocolate museum and factory. Legitimately, this was "Willy Wonka made real," as our guidebook said. We tasted a lindt ball fresh off the press and it was 100X better than the packaged ones at Barnes and Noble. We tried one each, looked at eachother in amazement, then quickly ran back to get 10 more. THis is Dan in front of one of the actually working "chocolate spinners" that molds hollow chocolate shapes evenly. It was deliciously awesome.

Onto Paris, the best city in the world, in Erica's opinion. Dan was almost convinced of this as well, due to the deliciuos èclairs and macroons. Honestly, the food in France is unbelievable- hence, you'll notice why there is so many pictures of food on this post. Continuing on the food topic, on our last night in Paris we went to Refuge des Fondues at 17, Rue des Trois Frères, in case any of you are in Paris looking for a excellent place to eat sometime. This is Erica's favourite restaurant in the world, and is now Dan's as well. Btw- they give you baby bottles full of wine included in your meal price, it's awesome. Other than eating delicious food, our days were spent at the Mussée d'Orsay, le Tour Eiffel, les Catacombs, Sacre Coeur Church, Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, the Opera House and Shakespeare and Co. -the coolest bookstore in the world (rivaling Powell's). Paris is still Erica's favourite city, and has now made Dan's top three. Love you all update from Italy!