Jessica , Sara and Alex in Swiss: La Gruyere

Our three visitors arrived in Paris Jan15, and we stuffed them and their luggage in our little car, skis on the roof, driving back to Langenthal.  After spending some days in Wengen, we made a day-trip to Le Gruyere.  CHEESE !!

We had a very interesting and entertaining tour of a cheese factory in Gruyere... what kind of cheese were they making... Gruyere, of course, and only.  Since the early 1100's. 


From a glass hallway above the production area, we could see multiple batches, each at different phase in the process.  We watched long enough to see the batches emptying into the molds.  We spent about an hour watching the frantic pace of the workers readying the next steps.  Great combination of SCIENCE, art, tradition and culture. 

The cheese wheels age from 5 months to 18 months.  They gave us (4) samples, aged at various months across that range:  


Near the cheese factory, we walked through the medieval city of Gruyere:






We had another great Fodue lunch at a classic Swiss chalet restaunt, in the center of the old city:

Alex was delighted to find the famous HR Giger Museum Bar, right next to the castle:



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