Chocolatour with Doreen Pendgracs | Chocolate Adventurist and Wizard of Words https://chocolatour.net Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:00:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://chocolatour.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-CHOCOLATOUR_LOGO_email-32x32.jpg Chocolatour with Doreen Pendgracs | Chocolate Adventurist and Wizard of Words https://chocolatour.net 32 32 celebrating World Chocolate Day https://chocolatour.net/celebrating-world-chocolate-day/ https://chocolatour.net/celebrating-world-chocolate-day/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://chocolatour.net/?p=14476 this post celebrates World Chocolate Day and encourages chocolate lovers to engage in chocolate travel in order to travel to the places where cacao is grown and fresh chocolate is made.

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]]> https://chocolatour.net/celebrating-world-chocolate-day/feed/ 51 no wonder I love turtles so much! https://chocolatour.net/no-wonder-i-love-turtles-so-much/ https://chocolatour.net/no-wonder-i-love-turtles-so-much/#comments Sat, 22 May 2021 15:20:39 +0000 https://chocolatour.net/?p=22363 I’ve recently learned that May 23rd is “World Turtle Day!” That explains why I have an obsession with chocolate turtles. No matter which chocolate maker, chocolatier or confectioner I visit, if they make chocolate...

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]]> https://chocolatour.net/celebrating-manitoba-day/feed/ 43 cinco de mayo–a celebration of mexican culture https://chocolatour.net/cinco-de-mayo-a-celebration-of-mexican-culture/ https://chocolatour.net/cinco-de-mayo-a-celebration-of-mexican-culture/#comments Tue, 04 May 2021 15:22:04 +0000 https://chocolatour.net/?p=21387 Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture. Travel to Puebla Mexico and see where the Battle of Puebla was won by the Mexican army on May 5th, 1862.

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