On the way to Niagara Falls

10 hours from Washington D.C to Niagara Falls, counting the toilet breaks and lunch. Yes, almost nothing to do. But along the way, there is Hershey’s Chocolate World that has the tour on a seated car to see how to make their chocolates! :9

The entrance to Hershey's Chocolate World
(Tour and shop inside)

The start/end of the tour. Notice that there is a seated ride for the tour.

In summary, these are the steps on how they make their chocolate.

1. Screening

- Selecting and cleaning the cocoa beans that will be used to make the chocolate

The machine that blends the beans. (not real of course : > )

2. Bean blending

- Blend the different kinds of cocoa beans

3. Breaking

- Breaking the shell of the beans

4. Milling

5. Pressing

6. Milk and sugar

- Combining milk and sugar together

7. Central blending

- Blends the milled cocoa beans and the combined milk and sugar

8. Drying

9. Refining

Conching machine (again, not real obviously)

10. Conching*

- Even further refining the beans and milk and sugar mixture

The overhead board that mentioned "conching". [I am not lying :< ]

*uhm, not sure about this but... It was written like this in the overhead board :/

11. Moulding

- Shaping the chocolate

12. Packaging and shipping

After the tour, we can get a complimentary Hershey's chocolate bar! But, for those who doesn't really like sweetness - it may be too sweet for you. Right after the compliment, there is a store selling Hershey's products!

The souvenir, or chocolate shop in Hershey's Chocolate World.

There is also an amusement park in Hershey’s Chocolate World, but too bad we have no time for that.

Going along, there is a city before reaching the American-Canadian border called Buffalo. Some tourists would just stay over night and go through the Rainbow Bridge, a bridge after the border, the next morning to see the rainbow from on Niagara Falls. I did not stay overnight, so I had no idea on how the view looks like. If there is anyone that wants to enjoy the view from Rainbow Bridge, its possible to follow this step as a rainbow can’t be seen at night, or even there is, its really rare.

That’s it for the on the way to Niagara Falls as next up is the falls itself!