This is a fascinating museum of its type, the sculptures and artworks seem different, abstract and incomprehensible. That is why perhaps it stays in the memory.
Showing posts with label La Gruyère. Show all posts
Showing posts with label La Gruyère. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
La Gruyère Museum
This is a fascinating museum of its type, the sculptures and artworks seem different, abstract and incomprehensible. That is why perhaps it stays in the memory.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
La Gruyère Landscape
Though snapped in January, there is no snow in these La Gruyère landscape. Rather, the green of grass is the dominating colour here.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Village La Gruyère- On the Outskirts
The structure above looks like the entrance to a fort. The grass around gives the scene a feel of the village.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
La Gruyère Art Shop Window
This is an interesting shop window in La Gruyère. The shop however is closed in the morning. The image of Jesus is prominent on the right hand corner. The decorative wood work on the windows gives a casement-like feeling.
Friday, March 4, 2011
La Gruyère - The Cobble-stoned Road
The Cobble-stoned road above of La Gruyère seems to be long and undulating. Switzerland, everywhere has retained its original landscape.
La Gruyère Scenes
In the first photograph above one could see some gathered snow melting. Despite some cars being parked, the only sound one could hear in these photographs is silence.
La Gruyère Landscape
No doubt the snow s played truant. I could see some tufts of snow on the mountain tops. The landscape however is as beautiful as ever. To sum up in one word, idyllic.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
La Gruyere- Ecole Regionale
La Gruyère has a world famous school which attracts international students. The one above however seems to be a regional school. This building also carries the image of the crane.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
The Village Church: La Gruyère
La Gruyère has a small, but very elegant church at one end of the village.
A Village Full of Restaurants: La Gruyère
La Gruyère has restaurants on both sides of the cobbled hilly roads. Each one represents the crane in one form or the other. The bird indeed is ubiquitous. The logs placed in front of the restaurant in the image above has an old world charm.
Inside La Maison du La Gruyère: The Endearing Cow
Inside La Maison du La Gruyère, one could see the traditional cauldron made of copper, the image of a cowherd and a colourful image of the cow. There is a tableau giving details of the cow, and how it lives, what all grasses and herbs, flowers and leaves it eats.
No wonder cheese is one of the most loved foods.
La Maison du Gruyere: Swiss Cheese
It was a great experience to visit La Maison du Gruyere, the cheese factory in La Gruyere village, in Switzerland. In the conducted tour, one could see milk being split and processed, the cheese disks being treated in salt water and matured, and the final product being branded and matured. the cheese produced here is considered as one of the best.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Mossed Cottage Tree- La Gruyère
- To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
- And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
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