Botanists say that wild cocoa trees likely grew in the Amazon and Orinoco valleys of South America thousands of years ago. The history of chocolate shows that it was first the Mayas who cultivated the plant of the cocoa tree.
The Aztec royalty thrived on the bitter chocolate drink concocted by mixed ground cocoa beans with [...]
The Euro has been the European currency since 1999 and put in circulation on January 1, 2002. The Euro is now the currency for 16 European countries. which are part of the European Union (EU). There are a total of 27 European countries belonging to the EU, but only 14 are using the Euro. These [...]
The Rhône Alpes region got its name from its two most important geographical features which are the mountain Alps (Alpes) and the French river Rhône which flows all through that region.
The Rhône river has been a vital conduit between the north and the south of France for thousands of years when the Romans discovered that [...]
