Perugia has turned into a circus! All week we watched as people set up stands and stages for the famous Eurochocolate festival. Overnight, Perugia went from being a quite small town to a town infested with tourists and chocolate. Eurochocolate was one of the reasons I decided to study in Perugia! I know it is sad to admit that I let my academics be influenced by food, but when you have the draw of the largest chocolate festival in Europe it is hard not to take that into account.Saturday morning we got up early to check out the first day of the festival. 
Even a half hour before it began the streets were already littered with people here for the festival. By 10:00 when the festival actually started the usual 5 minute walk from the main piazza to the smaller one easily took 20 minutes, and that’s only if you didn’t stop to drool over any of the stands. You could easily find anything and everything made out of, or dipped in chocolate. We spent most of our morning walking around and trying as many free samples as we could. While I didn’t buy any chocolate bars, truffles, or the usual suspects at the festival I did manage to have my fill of hot chocolate and chocolate churros! DELICIOUS!
As if my town turning into someplace fit for Willy Wonka wasn't great enough, it was also really nice to see a lot of Stonehill-ers who had come to visit from Florence and Rome. Here is a picture of Kristen and I after going though the Milka house!
Even a half hour before it began the streets were already littered with people here for the festival. By 10:00 when the festival actually started the usual 5 minute walk from the main piazza to the smaller one easily took 20 minutes, and that’s only if you didn’t stop to drool over any of the stands. You could easily find anything and everything made out of, or dipped in chocolate. We spent most of our morning walking around and trying as many free samples as we could. While I didn’t buy any chocolate bars, truffles, or the usual suspects at the festival I did manage to have my fill of hot chocolate and chocolate churros! DELICIOUS!As if my town turning into someplace fit for Willy Wonka wasn't great enough, it was also really nice to see a lot of Stonehill-ers who had come to visit from Florence and Rome. Here is a picture of Kristen and I after going though the Milka house!
If you want to see more about the festival just put Eurochocolate into Youtube and you can find more chocolate videos than you could imagine. I tried to upload a video but I cant figure it out!
Eurochocolate lasts all week but unfortunately I will be gone for most of it. It is our fall break, and as you know I have week crammed full of exciting travels—the suspense is almost over!
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