HaRiBo

Hello everyone! The weather here has been really hot lately, ranging from thirty to thirty-five degrees. The other day it came down to into the twenties. I must say, I prefer it better when it's cold.

We were in a sugar wonderland on Saturday because we went to the Haribo museum. What's Haribo? It's a German lolly company, started by Hans Riegel from Bonn, that sells all kinds of lollies and sweets to the whole of Europe. We set off that morning ready to explore all the secrets of Haribo and eat all we could get our hands on. As we pulled up in the parking lot, we were suprised by the sheer number of people, all walking to and queuing up for the Haribo museum and the shop!

While Mum and Dad queued up for the museum, Ivy and I explored the lolly shop. It was huge! There were sacks of lollies from marshmallows to jelly babies and tubs of karate belts to coke bottles. When we arrived inside we were given free samples and silver coins to use in the machine room in the fifth room. The first room was the room of history and production, the second room was my favourite because it was about how Haribo used to advertise and what brands they used to be a part of. The third room was about scents and the ingredients that they use in their lollies. The fourth room was about where the ingredients are imported from and the fifth room was the machine room where by using the silver coins, we could watch our own lollies being made in front of us. Later when we left, the line snaked it's way all the way down the footpath outside of the museum. Lucky we got there early!

Au Revoir