Off to Baltimore!

We said goodbye to Bunny and Charlie and family at the Berry Patch B & B after another huge breakfast. We've never heard of apple stuffed French toast, but now we have, and it was topped with fresh peaches and cream with a side of small sausages! Wow, way to go and believe it or not, Johnny ate the lot!
Our first stop then was the Hershey Chocolate Factory. What a blast, but probably not the best time to go on a public holiday! So many people and excited children, as you can imagine. We went on a ride through the processes from the cocoa bean to the end product, and as you can see John was enthralled!  It was good to see for sure, and the whole surrounding area of Hershey, yes the town is named after the founder, is chocolate/cocoa orientated with names like Cocoa Hotel, Crunchy Street, Milkbar Street - you get the gist.
We then drove through the lovely little Amish towns of Bird in the Hand, Weaverton and believe it or not, Intercourse. We went to a furniture store and had a good look around Intercourse.
We then got onto highway West 30, crossed the Susquehanna River and headed past Wrightsville, Hallam, York and onto Int highway 83 South into Baltimore, Maryland!
Arrived at our lovely hotel, checked in and headed downstairs where the  U.S. women's boxing Olympic trials are being held over the next few days. Wow, pretty unbelievable to see up close, so good luck to those women who get through. Only one woman from the 3 divisions get selected, so it's a pretty tough gig.
Went for a stroll down to the harbour where we had a nice tapas dinner, and was informed of the sad state of affairs with tourism in Balitmore at the moment, due to the recent rioting. It's only going to
get worse come October, and then there will be a 10pm to 5am curfew! Businesses are closing, things aren't good. It is relatively quite here, needless to say, and we're probably 6 of the 50 Caucasians here!  Plenty of sirens to be heard, that's for sure!

Here we are at Hershey's!

Anne inside - with a few other chocolate nuts

Vats of silky chocolate

A daily production!

Well someone's not getting any chockies unless we 

see a happy face :)

And more chocolate

Testing out the handmade rocking chairs at 

the Amish Furniture Store

Inside the furniture store

Fast food Amish style

The old with the new

The town of Intercourse - really!

Crossing the Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River

We're heading to Baltimore Maryland!