Last Friday I visited a well known little medieval cheese town called Gruyeres. It was nice to get out of the city (Geneva) and spend some time in the rural area.
When I got out of the train station Maison du Gruyeres was directly in front of me. They have a restaurant, store, museum and tour.....it was certainly on my to do list.
I came across the most helpful people. They stored my super heavy back pack while I did the tour. But first I sat at the restaurant bar and ordered the soup du chalet (the secret ingredient is cheese!). A man came out of the kitchen and goes around and greets all the diners. We got to chatting and he was the chef and owner of the restaurant and store, Jean -Francois. He said he worked in Canada for 4 years in Montreal and Banff. He called up a great B&B for me to stay in for cheap, had one of his staff drive me there, gave me a free glass of wine and a key chain:) The people at the B&B were great too....not a word of english but drove me to the train station the next morning!
 |
Countryside outside Gruyere
|
 |
| Chateaux Gruyeres & view of my pending hike up the hill! |
 |
| Dianne with Chef Jean-Francois |
 |
Gruyere production room
|
