Press Release: Chocoholic Frolick
Tuesday 28th August 2007
For those who think chocolate is better than… well, anything else, it would be churlish to miss out on a trip to Cologne and its marvellous chocolate museum, The Schokoladenmuseum.
Worshippers of the humble cocoa bean can learn about the entire chocolate making process from the cacao plant to the shop floor. On your tour of the museum you will see the cacao plant in the Tropics Hall and the production unit which processes the cacao bean. Make sure you stop off at the chocolate fountain and enjoy a chocolate covered waffle.
You can also expand your mind as well as your waistline as you learn a bit about the history of the very first chocolate worshippers, the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs. If that is not enough chocolate for you, there is always the choco-shop where you can find anything from a 300 gram solid chocolate Cathedral to a 3.5 kilogram chocolate Father Christmas as well as well known favourites such as Lindt.
If you feel the need to walk off all that chocolate stroll around the medieval streets of Cologne’s Old Town or wander along the picturesque banks of the beautiful River Rhine.
Indulge in a trip to Cologne with Railbookers and stay at the spacious 4* Jolly Hotel from just £189 for 2 nights accommodation including breakfast and return train travel.
Notes to Editor:
Prices per person, based on sharing a twin or double room. All prices subject to availability and correct at time of publication.
Price based on accommodation at the Jolly Hotel for weekend arrivals between 1 September 2007 to 31 March 2008. Eurostar trains run from London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford to Brussels Gare du Midi in approximately 2 hours 20 minutes. Change at Brussels for a train through to Cologne. The journey time is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes. For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com
The Schokoladenmuseum is open Tuesday – Friday from 10 am – 6 pm and 11am – 7 pm at the weekend. Admission is 6 Euros 50.London St Pancras
Eurostar trains will be running from London St Pancras from 14 November 2007.Average journey times will be cut by between 23 - 25 minutes.
Additional Eurostar services will be running from Ebbsfleet (just off Junction 2 of the M25) from 19 November 2007.
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