Cows, Cheese and Chocolate



...Those seem to be my son's three favorite words now that we live in Switzerland.  And he seems to make a very obvious effort of pointing out to everyone that there is COW cheese and COW chocolate.  And apparently the cows that make cheese are different from the cows that make chocolate.  Duh!!! 

Anyway, since my mom arrived a few days ago and the first weekend she spent it babysitting while we went to Barcelona we decided to show her some of the sights.  On Saturday we went to Annecy where we love to rent boats and go out on the lake (when it's warm).  This time it was for Retours d'Alpage, the yearly pilgrimage to conmemorate the "descent from the Alps" of the cows and if I'm not mistaken the time to start making yummy cheese!  The little town was filled with craftsmen who were either making clogs out of wood, or other wood carvings, or men taking the wool from the sheep while the women started making fabrics for clothing from it right there. The kids loved the fact that we saw lots of animals and we loved the cheese, hams, fresh apple juice, and breads for sale!

On Sunday we went to Gruyeres to do tours of the main cheese and chocolate factories, where Sebas once again proved he takes after me when it comes to chocolate.  :)  We bought some goodies to take to Peru for Christmas for Jose's grandma and we ate the rest!

This weekend we are going to a place called Interlaken.  It'll be a bit of a drive but it's supposed to be absolutely beautiful.  And cold!

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