Cheese anyone?

Main Street, La Gruyères

We were taking a long weekend and visiting another Hilton Hotel in Europe using those free stays Bob had earned. This time we were going to Évian-les-Bains, France, located on Lac Leman (also called Lake Geneva if you're on the Swiss side of the lake) and decided to visit some places we had not yet gotten to in Switzerland. One was Fribourg and another stop we had wanted to make was in La Gruyères, town where the cheese by the same name is produced. A medieval town, set atop a hill, in the midst of the Pre-Alps.
How much more picturesque setting could you ask for?

Château de Gruyères

The modern cheese factory (La Maison du Gruyère) is at the foot of the hill in a village called Pringy and was were we began our visit. We've visited a couple show dairies since in country and so decided to skip the tour and just buy some cheese in the factory store. We sampled a couple and chose the one we liked, purchased enough to last us for a few day's lunches and of course, some local bread. (No salami today, Jenn!)

This church will definitely its way into my upcoming "Swiss Church PhotoBook"

Then we hiked up the hill to the village of La Gruyères itself. Small and quaint. One street long with the old buildings now restaurants and gift shops. We walked around the castle and then enjoyed our lunch sitting on an ancient wall. You could spend a fortune paying the entry fee to visit every castle, and we have toured a few.
Now it's just fun to enjoy the view from the outside.
Especially when the view is this magnificient!




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