The architecture of the pavilions is also fascinating with some excellent designs.
In the evening we returned to the canal area for a meal.
All these images are taken with the X-Pro1.
Some of the smaller countries producing cocoa and chocolate exhibited in the "Cocoa and Chocolate Cluster". This part also had an exhibition by Martin Parr. It consisted of a number of images, some specially commissioned, ranging through cocoa production to people eating the finished product.
There was a "Coffee Cluster", similar to the cocoa one, but this had an exhibition by Sebastien Salgado about coffee and the people involved in it's production. This snap does not do justice to the actual image which was typical of his monochrome images.
The British pavilion, representing a beehive.
This was a fascinating pavilion, staged by the Co-Op, depicting the supermarket of the future. It showed how packaging is changing and how we will be able to have very detailed information on the products we buy displayed on the screens just above the products. There is information on the exact place of production, the farmer, the particular type of the product, its production, sustainability of production, price - to list just a few of the pieces of information that we will have access to.
You can get an idea of the scale of the pavilions from this picture and the people entering.
The Russian pavilion, with it's mirrored ceiling over the entrance.
Inside the French pavilion, with all manner of produce and utensils displayed in the ceiling.
A copy of the statue that sits on the very top of the cathedral in Milan.
In the evening we returned to the canal area for a meal. After we took a stroll along the canal passing this very busy kitchen of a Michelin starred restaurant. I love the dog bowl outside!
We also came across this wine shop cum tapas bar. These tanks contained wines, all fully labeled with information on the grape variety, area of production etc., and the price - which ranged between €3 and €6 per litre!!
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