La Fleur De Lys
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Gruyère production
... that had different sized holes in it that were used for measuring grain in the old days. We also stopped off at a small shop that had a fabulous exhibit of an Italian artist, Massimo Cruciani. He does painting on glass and the shop had done a great job with the displays; the light shining on the paintings was beautiful. We particularly liked the pictures of poppies since they stood out so well. We walked around the outside of the castle, but our ...
Say Cheese
... out of it. The next museum was the H.R. Giger museum. He was an artist and won an academy award for designing the monsters in the movie Alien. His artwork and sculptures were pretty weird and some were just plain weird with alien porn mixed in. It was interesting yet not what most would hang in their living rooms. We had an early dinner at the cheese factories restaurant. Cheese fondue of course, chicken Milanese, 2 cold beers, and a meringue with Gruyeres double cream for ...
Cheese
... fresh strawberries and “yogurt”, which looked surprising like the double cream we had the previous night!
The tour of the cheese factory at La Maison du Guyère was an audio tour with Cherry the cow as our “guide”, some interesting facts that we learn:
- Each cow eats 100kg of grass and 85L of water a day to produce 25L of milk
- 12L of milk are used to produce 1kg ...
Gruyeres Castle, Raclette, and Chocolate
... raclette. I can't wait to make it back home. Just have to order a raclette machine first. Just like fondue, it's a fun thing to do with a group of people. And it's based around eating cheese. How can you go wrong with that?!
We toured the castle and bought a few souvenirs in the gift shop and then headed down to the Callier chocolate ...
Day 14 - Gruyere Morning
... we saw the fresh green countryside, two hawks, a Para-sailor, and at one point we heard the recognizable sound of gas flames shooting up into a hot air balloon. We looked out the window and there it was, a light blue balloon floating right past us. Katie stuck here head up out of the rooftop window and waved to the men in the basket, and they waved back.
We went downstairs for breakfast, and ...
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- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
- Pets allowed
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