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Cailler Chocolate Factory
We then headed off to Broc to visit the Cailler Chocolate Factory. As soon as we arrived we could smell chocolate in the air. In fact, they have small vents coming out of the side of the building releasing the lovely aroma into the air. We checked in for the next English tour and then perused the chocolate bars for sale and pondered which varieties we might like to get afterwards. As we were reading the signs overhead, Anoop asked "why would you do that"? I looked up to ...
Cailler's chocolate factory tour
We are so behind on our blog!! We've done a lot in the last couple of months and will be adding lots of pictures soon :) On a rainy day in July we decided to tour a chocolate factory. At the end of the tour there is an all you can eat sample room. Despite online warnings about everyone eating too much and getting sick, Mike sampled every type (some more than once) ack!!!
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Chocolate
... of the tour was of course the tastings at the end. Cailler offered unlimited samples of some of the chocolates that they make, a tip when you next visit; hold off until get to the Ambassador range – they are by far the ...
MARIE ANTOINETTE and the Pasquiers/Gruyeres
... dinner with Marie Net and her family, Girard and Sylvain and Valentin. 20 year old Valentin is a cook and made a delicious dinner for us! We enjoyed some wine and the beautiful sunset.
April 08
Chocolate and cheese!!! Cailler chocolate (now owned by Nestle) one of the oldest chocolate manufacturers in Switzerland is located in Broc. So we were there early for the ...
Patrick and the Chocolate Factory
... stowed my baggage, and then we got on a train (the first of 3) to the factory.
I have to say, the scenery in Switzerland is simply stunning, and blows pretty much everything (bar Monaco) I have seen so far out of the water. The mountains are unfathomable, and I've never seen anything like it. Coming from someone who lives on the doorstep of Snowdonia, I think you can ascertain how serious ...