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Oh my gosh you must have been in Cow Heaven!! Gruyere is one of my favorite cheeses!! I am always fascinated by the delicate process by which cheese is made. What a cool tour!!
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Thought of you, Cheryl, on my flight home tonight. The in-flight magazine had a story about Swiss farms that now sell sponsorships of their cows. You get all kinds of info about them, and eventually get a wheel of cheese produced by that cow’s milk!
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Thought of you, Cheryl, on my flight home tonight. The in-flight magazine had a story about Swiss farms that now sell sponsorships of their cows. You get all kinds of info about them, and eventually get a wheel of cheese produced by that cow’s milk!
As we went round the cheese factory, we learnt lots of cow and cheese facts – perfect for me!
Then we walked back past the production area again, fascinated by the whole process. We were amazed and pleased to see how much cleaning they do – honestly, it was just constant, but the temperatures in there must be something. Mark noticed one guy’s T-shirt was soaked and we think that probably sweat as opposed to water from the cleaning.
Watching the moulds going in was really something, as you can make out the lettering on them….
… and these things didn’t appear to be light either, judging by the way he brought them in.
Eventually we dragged ourselves away. We’d spent so much longer here than on our first visit and all of us had found it really interesting.
We had to visit the shop…
… and I bought a T-shirt, a cow bowl (I got one on our last trip to Gruyeres and wanted another, so I had a back-up, just in case anything happened to the original…), a kitchen towel and a cow bell. I was in my element in there!
Then we decided to get a drink in the café…
We all got Diet Cokes, which were Swiss made…
We were very impressed that these came with them – free of charge!
The theming in here was amazing…
On the way out (after another go with the Japanese style toilets… ), Mark found a funny photo op…
The factory is spotless as I imagine it would have to be to keep the cheese uncontaminated. The shop looks like a fun place to look around and your treats look yummy.
Very cool place! Glad you could take your time on this visit. Making cheese is hard work! I know Wisconsin has a lot too.
All the cows and decor, so cute! Very nice you get the free samples too.
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What a great tour this was and I know I'd love it too! Great info on the cheese making process and glad you got to see this in action. This place is perfect for you as you must have died and gone to heaven with all the cows there and replicas. Looks well worth it. Your cheese snacks look very good but I may have opted for a glass of white Swiss wine instead as perfect with the cheese.
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What a great tour this was and I know I'd love it too! Great info on the cheese making process and glad you got to see this in action. This place is perfect for you as you must have died and gone to heaven with all the cows there and replicas.
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Looks well worth it. Your cheese snacks look very good but I may have opted for a glass of white Swiss wine instead as perfect with the cheese.
That's probably true - we should've done that really.
The cheese factory tour looks really interesting. I'd like to see it to compare it to the Swiss cheese factory that is near here.
That restaurant is perfect for you considering your love of cows.
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Gruyere is one of my favorite cheeses!! 
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Looks well worth it. Your cheese snacks look very good but I may have opted for a glass of white Swiss wine instead as perfect with the cheese.
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