Comments | 23daves: Willy Wonka is coming home

23daves

Willy Wonka is coming home

Feb 24, 2005 18:52

We went to see the Hershey's chocolate factory today. Actually, I've got a cold, and to be perfectly honest that's all I can summon up the enthusiasm to write. We went to see the Hershey's chocolate factory. It had chocolate in it. And people making chocolate. It glooped out of all these metal machines, and moved down all these little ( Read more... )

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cloggedthought February 26 2005, 11:44:14 UTC

Tourism isn't that great. I occasionally write about some of my experiences in your fine homeland, read em if you get the opporttunity.

23daves February 27 2005, 16:55:55 UTC

I have managed to glance at some of them. So you're in Colchester? I'm actually back in Essex at the moment. It's the region of Britain probably least favourably known for its social niceties (or lack thereof). I spent a lot of time growing up in this county, so I'll be touching upon it at some point very soon on my journal as well.

cloggedthought February 27 2005, 18:43:03 UTC

Don't mean to knock Essex, more meant tourism as an abstract thing. Walking around, "seeing" things gets old real fast. The experience of existing, living, experiencing a place is far more interesting.

23daves February 28 2005, 20:20:47 UTC

No, please DO knock Essex. I won't be offended, I'll probably be doubled up on the floor laughing. There again, if your experiences here are largely positive, then that's interesting too. God knows I probably need to understand the better side of this county - I think my teenage provincial years here have soured me against it for life.