CHOCOLATE TRAIN

Today we went on our Chocolate Train trip to the towns of Gruyere and Broc.

The train zigzagged across the mountainside giving splendid views as we went ever higher.

On the train we were served a chocolate croissant and drinking chocolate as breakfast.  The trip took us to the town of Gruyere where we visited the Gruyere cheese factory.

Saw how the cheese was made and got to sample the finished product.

We then got some time to explore the area and to visit the Chateau de Gruyere an ancient castle dating back to the Middle Ages. We did lunch in the small town before re-joining the tour and moving on by bus to the Nestle chocolate factory in Broc.

It was great here and we got to taste as much of the finished product as we wished. (They wouldn’t let me take a doggy bag home though). The only thing that spoiled the trip was having to drag Julie away, screaming and shouting from the supply of free chocolates!

It was a great run back down the mountain to the town of Montreux and dinner this evening before we set off in the morning for Zermatt.