Karoline and I got up at five in the morning, rode our bikes in the pouring rain down to the bus station, got on the bus, sat there for almost two hours, had to change bus in Milton Keynes, it was freezing cold there, after 45 minutes at the shabby bus stop, the Birmingham- bus finally came and took us the rest of the way. When we got off the bus it looked like we had jumped right into an industrial city from the 40’s… Big old warehouses , gray fallen down buildings, smoke coming up from old chimneys on factories that probably had been there for four or five decades... Oh gosh what had we gotten ourselves in to? It’s not like either me or Karoline, to just go somewhere without planning or even having looked at a map. But we decided to just go to Birmingham and find out for ourselves the way around and everything… Well now we stood there just looking around at the shabby old building and didn’t quite know what to do. Just looked at each other and laughed really…
Well we found the information desk at the bus station and picket up a map and got directions to the city centre which was only a 5 minute walk away.. And MAN it was like we were in a different city! Big shopping centers and a very modern area. So we walked around there for about 2-3 hours befor we took the train to a little village called Bourneville. And what did we do there you might ask.. Well…. We went to a giant CHOCOLATE FACTORY!! :D aaah it was awesooome! “Cadbury” which is the name of it, is the biggest chocolate producer here in England and we had a blast going through it. They had made it into almost like a little theme park with rides, various chocolate tastings and of course you got to see how chocolate is made. We weren’t allowed to take many pictures inside the factory, but here are some from our day.. (I would definitely go back to Birmingham if I got the chance. As long as you get out from the bus-station area, it’s a beautiful city!!) Well yes, here are the pictures:
B-Ham!
Having a rest
on the train to Bourneville!
after various signs we finally found it!
Chocolate tasting!
Yummi!
We're made of chocolate!
Chocolate gift-shop you said?
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