Edinburgh Zoo & The Chocolatorium

I planned a little surprise trip for Sarah as her birthday was coming up. We arrived at the airport without her knowing where we were going or what we were doing which was a nice bit of excitement for her - although it was hard to coax her into bringing clothes that would be appropriate for the unique activities I had booked us in for! The first being the Penguin feeding experience at Edinburgh Zoo and the second being a tour of the Chocolatarium. Edinburgh Zoo is STEEP. The calves were burning walking up those hills. We saw plenty of animals while waiting for our keeper experience - Koalas and warty pigs were our favourites of the morning. From there, we headed to the Keeper hut to get our intro, safety talk and pick up some wellies. Andrew, our guide, waddled us over to the penguin enclosure and explained the different colour tags they use and the types of penguins in the zoo. Edinburgh Zoo has gentoos, rockhoppers and king penguins (these guys are big!) and we were going to be…