Switzerland, where it makes sense to keep a wine tasting glass in your car (*) .
(*) when you have a designated driver.
Tag: land of cheese and chocolate
Caves ouvertes du Valais
Sierre, Sion, Martigny. 7 caves, 15 bottles of wine, 3 raclettes, 1 risotto, 2 charcuterie plate. 1 great view. Not a bad day.
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/valais_may_2016/
Unicrea a Morges
This past week saw a 100 artisans presenting their work at Morges castle from: designers, jewelers, painters, potters, sculptors, woodworkers and glassblowers.
There was some serious bling on offer, and lots of things to buy should you happily have unlimited funds. The setting, in a medieval castle, was also kick-ass.
Some notable exhibitors:
Celine Barman, jeweler
Veronique Vantesone, sculptor
Terre de Cuir, leatherworker
Paul Brent, jeweler
We all went down to Morges…
… on the lake Geneva shoreline.
You had one job to do!
Tulip festival in Morges
Bean and the Chocolate Factory
“9 out of 10 people love chocolate; the 10th one is lying…” John G. Tullius
Indulge your love of Swiss chocolate at this scrumptious festival.
The town of Versoix near Geneva has considerable chocolate pedigree – it’s home to Cartier and Favarger, two chocolate brands who pioneered chocolate-making back in the 19th century. It’s as good excuse as any to celebrate the loveliness of chocolate and the skill of those who make it with this chocolate festival.
The Festichoc comprises a tented salon in which 25 invited chocolatiers from the local area and beyond stage chocolate-making demonstrations and sell their produce to chocoholic visitors. Participating chocolatiers will fight it out in a chocolate sculpture competition.
Of course there’s plenty of opportunity to scoff a load of chocolate in the aptly named ChocoVillage, while a ChocoTrain (there’s a theme here…) will transport you from the venue to Versoix train station and the Favarger factory – useful if you’ve eaten so much chocolate walking is nigh on impossible.
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/festichoc_mar_2016/
Old school cinema
Morges has the dinkiest cinema I’ve seen in the longest of times. The seats have ample bum space, in red velour, and it still has an intermission. It even has a school bell to say that the show is about to start. Retro!
Raclette!
We bought a raclette grill – yet another Swiss method of molten cheese delivery. We had it with grilled strips of venison, roasted spuds, roasted mushrooms, roasted cauliflower, steamed asparagus, pickles and saucisson. Katy and I now have the cheese sweats…
The offspring loves his melted cheese. I have a feeling that it’ll get used a lot, if only for him.
Bobble cries in happiness and despair.
Cheap meat! Cheap groceries! Swiss prices would be double, if not triple, what he sees. Sadly, he can’t take any back home. So he cries a little.
Note to self for next year
Skip the tartiflette and go for the ham hock!