The tour at Cailler takes you through the history of chocolate, you get to see one production line and then.....the sampling room!!!! After about 10 years of training for this in the form of Bloomington and Bright Indiana chocolate fests, I was ready. I did well and stuck to only the good stuff. Caitlin with her lack of chocolate fest-training couldn't resist and sampled everything. She suffered the rest of the day because that is just too much chocolate for one person!
Our next stop was Gruyère, the home of Swiss cheese!
We had a great lunch at the Gruyere cheese factory restaurant - rösti and älplermagronen.
Our next stop was Chateau de Chillon, just outside of Montreux. We walked around the castle to walk off some of the chocolate and cheese we'd eaten. The chateau sits right on Lac Lémon (Lake Geneva) and is really beautiful.
I'm beginning to realize what a LONG day this was, but the next stop was our wine "hike". This was by far my favorite part of the day. We walked along a path through the vineyards with Lac Lemon on our left side and the most breathtaking views. Unfortunately it was Sunday, so most of the wineries were closed, but we managed to stop for one tasting.
Finally we made it to Lausanne, where we stayed for the night. After finding a hotel and walking around a bit, we walked to the store, grabbed a light dinner and headed to the lake to watch the sunset. It was a little chilly, but we had a blast taking pictures and jumping around.
In the morning we woke up and went to Geneva. We didn't let the rain deter us and walked around the city and saw all the highlights.
St. Pierre Cathedral
Le Jet d'Eau
United Nations
Reformation Wall
Broken Chair
Flower Clock
Crepes for lunch
On the drive home to Zurich we stopped in Bern to say hi to the bears, have dinner, and be entertained by Caitlin's seatbelt testing :)
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