Passing through Perugia!

Friday for one of my cooking classes we took a field trip to Perugia to visit a chocolate factory! A little background on Perugia is that it is located in the Umbria region of Italy and is know for its chocolate. It is home to one of the largest chocolate festivals in Europe, EuroChocolate, and The Perugina Chocolate Factory, which is exactly where I went! Perugina produced tons of chocolates, and their best known product are Baci!

These little chocolates are sold all over Florence, but this was the first time I actually tried them. They are addicting and the perfect combination of chocolate and hazelnut. The word Baci translates to "kisses" and each piece of chocolate is accompanied by little love notes wrapped in their trademark silver and blue foil. Before taking our tour of the chocolate factory we went through the Perugia museum to learn a little bit about the company which has been rated better than England's Cadburry. In the museum we got to see a replica of the World's largest Baci! This Baci was made for the chocolate festival and was made of Baci bars!

After seeing the museum we had a massive chocolate tasting of Perugia products, and then we took a walking tour through the factory. We saw all sorts of chocolates being produced from Bacis to chocolate Easter eggs to Valentine's day boxes! Not bad for a Friday afternoon field trip. We also had some amazing views of the sun setting over Lago Trasimeno on the ride home!