Today, my classmates and I shopped and looked around in the local Fremantle weekend Market. At the Fremantle Market, there were various shops selling different things. There were shops that sold souvenirs and many other things like dolls and clothing. My friends and I strolled through different shops. We went to the shop with all kinds of things. The shop owner and his wife were from Singapore. They were very courteous towards us and kept saying to us 'Cheap prices, good deal. Come and buy!' in their Singaporean but little Aussie slang.
After an hour of shopping at the Fremantle Market, we made our way to the Fremantle Chocolate factory. It took around fifteen minutes to reach there. The Chocolate factory wasn't very big it was just like one of those supermarkets but a little smaller. Anyway, we tasted the main types of chocolate, from milk chocolate to dark chocolate and from dark chocolate to white chocolate. All three of them were equally nice, but I liked the milk chocolate the best. When everyone had tasted the different types of chocolate, we all crowded around the processing room. One of the workers explained to us how the chocolate was made like the shapes, textures and sizes.
Then everyone got hungry. Our coach driver, Trevor told us it was taka ( I'm not sure about the spelling)time. That was what the Aussies say when it is lunch time or meal when they were going to have a meal. Trevor drove us to a dining place called 'Sweet Lips'. There everybody tried the local fish 'n' chips. It was quite tasty. The fish was soft, the flour that coated the fish was crunchy. The chips( french fries) were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Overall, the chips were the best. You could actually feel them melting in your mouth. Oh, it was a great feeling. Besides the meal, we also had canned drinks. There was SOlO lemonade, Passion fruit mix and Fanta Orange. I drank SOlO lemonade.
After our taka time, Trevor drove us to the Apricot Acres Fruit Orchard. It was actually at the same place we were staying at, which was Orchard Glory Farm, but at a different area of the entire farm. At the orchard, there were not only apricots, but also grapes, oranges and peaches. The farmer took us on his ferry, attached to his tractor, around the different patches of fruits. To exception to the apricots, the rest of fruits' plot of land is around the same. We learnt about the different fruits- the grapes, peaches and oranges.
We also learnt how they made the different grapes become cranberries, sultanas and blackberries. For instance, the cranberries are made from dried red grapes while sultanas are made from dried green grapes and you must know what the color of the grape that dries up to become blackberries. 
We all got tired and checked-in at Orchard Glory Farm. Then it was time to have dinner. Dinner was fine.
Among all the activities we did today, I think that the Fremantle Chocolate factory was the most exciting.
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