Month: December 2019

After a long week of mercury negotiations and international issues, it was only fitting to close our trip by learning about one of Switzerland’s finest exports: chocolate. In order to do this, we toured Maison Cailler, a chocolate factory home to Switzerland’s oldest chocolate brand that still exists, celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. As… Continue reading Maison Cailler – Sarah Bouhuys

On our final day of the trip, we took a rental van along the coast of Lake Leman (a.k.a. Lake Geneva) and to the northeast to the foothills of the Alps, to the town of Gruyères. We first visited the factory of Swiss chocolate manufacturer Cailler, which opened its doors in 1898 focusing on producing… Continue reading La Maison de Gruyere Tours- Jeff Estes