Last Thursday I left for a long girls weekend in Hershey, PA. Most people don't think of this as a vacation destination but since I started working for Hershey's, I have heard from many people that I must go there so I decided ok, let's do this thing. I convinced some old neighbors from MN that they must go there too.
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| Outside our cottage Mt. Gretna, PA |
We stayed in a cottage that I found online. The cottage was in Mount Gretna which was about 25 miles from the Harrisburg airport, about 10 miles from Hershey and about 20 miles from the Amish. The countryside in PA is beautiful, rolling hills, there are lots of small sleepy towns along the roads, filled with old homes which are manicured and full of fall blooms.
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| Bird-in-Hand, PA |
Friday morning we headed to Hershey. Our day started with a trolley ride which takes you throughout the city and we really learned a lot about Mr. Hershey and what he did for the community. At Chocolate World, we went thru a virtual factory tour, saw a 4D mystery movie, made our own candy bars and even had a taste testing. Chocolate World is really well done, the events are well timed so you have plenty of time to spend lots of money is the ginourmous gift shop. There is chocolate everywhere, items to go with chocolate and lots of stuff you never thought had anything to do with chocolate.
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| Arrival at Chocolate World |
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| Made our own candy bars |
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| Inside Hotel Hershey we ran into a candy bar |
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| Beautiful day in Hershey PA |
Saturday morning we headed for Amish country. Lancaster, PA has the second largest population of Amish in the nation. We started out touring an old Amish homestead which has been turned into a tourist attraction. I fell in love with Bella the baby goat.
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| Begging Bella to come home with me |
We walked the grounds and then took another bus tour which showed us all kinds of Amish homes which are sprinkled thru out the countryside. The bus stopped for soft pretzels. I believe it was the best pretzel I have ever had in my life. We saw lots of horses and buggies right alongside cars and trucks, Target and other stores have hitching posts outside for them. It is really an area where old meets new and everyone seems to get along just fine.
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| I'm pretty happy with my bonnet selection |
We had an authentic Amish dinner, did more shopping in Bird-in-Hand and topped off the day in Intercourse. I never saw so many things with the word "Intercourse" on it. These Amish thought of everything.
We had a great time, beautiful weather, lots of laughs and girl time. It truly was the Sweetest Place on Earth. Margaret
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