We headed out of Geneva on Saturday for a 2 hour train ride to the town of Gruyeres. You might know it for its cheese but it is also the home to HR Giger the creator of the Alien in the movie series Alien and a Castle. The great thing about these old towns is that they are not car accessible which helps to maintain it prestige. We have a lot of photos but we will start with the view from the train to Gruyeres…..
As I mentioned it is a 2 hour ride and as you ride along the lake you cross through farm land and then there is a stunning view of the wine country.
We transferred onto the cheese train to Gruyeres
Train Station
After an hour we arrived…
Gruyeres!
The View from the Castle (altitude:830m)
You can see Lake Geneva
Castle of Gruyeres
19 counts are accounted for in the period between the 11th and 16th centuries,the last was 1554. The castle has been open to the public since 1993. It was constructed between 1270-1282
An interesting story about the castle is that there was a war between Gruyeres and Bern (capital of Switzerland) in the medieval ages. The Castle was stormed by Bern and two knights defended the castle successfully. However, the truth is that the women of Gruyeres gathered the Goats and attached torches to their horns and sent them down to defend the castle. When the Bernese saw this army of flaming demons charging their camp, they fled incontinently, and the town was saved.
Corot's Room
Tapestries Room
Knights' Room
Music Room
The Castle is also used as a gallery
Hunting Room
Kitchen
The Room of the Counts
Ramparts and French Style Garden
Hans Ruedi Giger is the Academy Award winning Swiss artist that is best known for his design work on the film Alien. You are not allowed to take pictures in the Gallery but I snuck a photo for my brother.
You can see Lake Geneva
Castle of Gruyeres19 counts are accounted for in the period between the 11th and 16th centuries,the last was 1554. The castle has been open to the public since 1993. It was constructed between 1270-1282
An interesting story about the castle is that there was a war between Gruyeres and Bern (capital of Switzerland) in the medieval ages. The Castle was stormed by Bern and two knights defended the castle successfully. However, the truth is that the women of Gruyeres gathered the Goats and attached torches to their horns and sent them down to defend the castle. When the Bernese saw this army of flaming demons charging their camp, they fled incontinently, and the town was saved.
Corot's Room
Tapestries Room
Knights' Room
Music Room
The Castle is also used as a gallery
Hunting Room Kitchen
Bailiffs' Room
The Room of the Counts
Ramparts and French Style Garden
Hans Ruedi Giger is the Academy Award winning Swiss artist that is best known for his design work on the film Alien. You are not allowed to take pictures in the Gallery but I snuck a photo for my brother.
Giger Bar
View of the town from the Giger Gallery
walking downtown
You must try the Fondue
Walk back to the train station
We bought some cheese at the Factory and checked out the Cave of Gruyere Cheese
walking downtownYou must try the Fondue Walk back to the train stationWe bought some cheese at the Factory and checked out the Cave of Gruyere Cheese
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Another adventure! I had a good laugh over the soldiers who "fled incontinently" at the sight of the flaming rams running toward them. I thought, does that mean they were pi--ing themselves whilst fleeing? Arguably, that is a reasonable reaction to have when firey rams are running at you, however, I looked up "incontinently" and it means "immediately - without delay". So, a sense of urgency, but less mess, yes?
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