Fondue has rules?!
5 Nov – 10 Nov, 2005
Do you know that fondue has rules? They are very secret, and are only revealed to new fonduers as they break the rules. Penalties can be quite steep – dropping your bread in the cheese is a rather big social faux pas, and gee those metal shards embedded into the whip can really dig into your flesh quite deeply! There are preparation, stirring, and dipping rules, all designed to make the fondue experience as perfect as possible.
Our first real (home) fondue. Restaurant fondue, as we experienced ten years ago, is definitely not the same. Bettina and Luregn, met at Los Llanos, provided the home and the cheese; Martina, also from Los Llanos, was there, too. The only character missing was Carlito the anteater. (I think he may have competed with Jo and I for scraping all the last bits of cheese out!)
The fate of naughty Swiss children
We had one day with a car, and visited Montreux on the shore of Lake Geneva. Lunched in Lutry, dropped in at Chateau Chillon, and stopped by to say “Hi!” to Freddie.
Chateau Chillon, on Lake Geneva
Freddie Mercury Monument, Montreux
New clothes, too! Martina ensured we left with tee shirts, both in very “Swiss red”.
Tags: Architecture, Bulgaria, Croatia, Food, Friends, Germany, Switzerland, Switzerland, Travel
Richard and Jo