No, María, the Mona Lisa is actually smiling!

But that's too much of a smile for Pinocchio, Jeff!

For those that remember them, some of María's favourite
cartoon characters:


Astroboy


Astroboy and friends


MazingerZ and his friends


The best travelling experiences usually come when you don't expect them.
Shortly before 4 pm we found ourselves a vantage point from which to
watch the Grand Meister clock in action. When the show started, however,
we not only had to look at the clock, shown above, but were treated to a
complete surround sound and theatre show by up to 100 puppets all over
the Chocolate Factory. In all, the show lasted for 10 minutes!