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Monday 2 September – part three: learning about Cherry the cow!
Finally I saw what I’d wanted to see for so long – cows, complete with bells around their necks. Now just to hear that sound as well….
It was about this time that our guide came through to explain the timetable for the day to us. Our first stop would be at the Gruyeres cheese factory for an hour, then we’d take a bus to Gruyeres, the village, and have two and a half hours of free time there to do what we wanted. Then we would take another bus to Broc for the chocolate factory tour, before coming back to Montreux on the train. It sounded like a perfect day.
The mountains were just beautiful:
Soon we were pulling into Montbovon…..
… where we turned around and then headed the other way. We were told at this point that we could open our windows, which certainly made it easier to get photos.
Soon we were arriving at our station, which was Gruyeres. We literally stepped out of the train station and there was the cheese factory opposite.
We were told that we would have an hour here and that would be plenty. We had quite a line to get in, as obviously there were a lot of us arriving at the same time.
We got our audio guides and set off, learning about the life of Cherry, who was a cow born during the cherry season, hence her name. We learnt all about what she eats and could even small some of it.
We also heard about how cows have four stomachs, how much they eat and drink and how much milk they produce to make the famous cheese.
It was all really interesting, although to be honest, it didn’t take us more than 20 minutes to go through it. I enjoyed it, but I said to Mark that I was glad I hadn’t paid for it, as I suspect I might have been a bit disappointed.
Then we could see the cheese being made. It was interesting to see, although I was expecting a bit more life down there, if I’m being honest, especially given it was a working day of the week.
They had displays about how they used to distribute the cheese and then how they recreated that a couple of years ago.
We also saw who eats the most Gruyeres cheese and in case you can’t read this, it’s the Swiss by miles!
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Cows with bells!! Those mountain pictures are unbelievable. It looks just like a postcard, but it's real! Wow. Wisconsin is supposedly known for cheese, although we're not big cheese eaters in this household. But I do like Gruyere. Fascinating history on how difficult it was to export it though. Sounds like a dangerous job!
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Love the mountain scenery and the cows of course! I'd love to take a cheese tour as I can't get enough of it. Wish we had a visit to one of these producers on my France trip! But I guess the wine tastings made up for it!
You should of inquired about adopting a couple of alpine bovines and having them exported to your England address! I'm sure they'd enjoy the care, attention and pampering they'd receive from you! Not sure, if your neighbors on the other hand would be quite as receptive to it!
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The views of the mountains from your train are stunning. I'd love to visit the Swiss Alps one day. I spent my first 10 years in eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains, and still miss them at times as where we are now is mainly flat with a few rolling hills.
Love the mountain scenery and the cows of course! I'd love to take a cheese tour as I can't get enough of it. Wish we had a visit to one of these producers on my France trip! But I guess the wine tastings made up for it!
Well there is that although cheese and wine is of course a very good combination!
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You should of inquired about adopting a couple of alpine bovines and having them exported to your England address! I'm sure they'd enjoy the care, attention and pampering they'd receive from you! Not sure, if your neighbors on the other hand would be quite as receptive to it!
I'm not sure they would, and sadly I've yet to come across a company that specialises in alpine bovine moves. Hey, maybe there's an idea for a company!
The views of the mountains from your train are stunning. I'd love to visit the Swiss Alps one day. I spent my first 10 years in eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains, and still miss them at times as where we are now is mainly flat with a few rolling hills.
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We learnt all about what she eats and could even small some of it. 
And what a great tour. I love to see how they make different foods and such. So interesting! 
But I guess the wine tastings made up for it! 
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