Blonay is a tiny Swiss town in the Canton of Vaud. However, it lacks nothing. There’s a train station, supermarket, school, library, pharmacy, post office, cafes, imposing chateau and a beautiful lake view.
Category: Swisslife
Terraced Vineyards of Lavaux
The terraced vineyards of Lavaux have been classified as UNESCO world heritage site. They date back to over 1500-2000 years. Filmed in the last week of October, this video covers a portion of the famed vineyards around Chexbres leading upto the village Saint-Saphorin that is located next to Lake Geneva. It is a beautiful walk.
Facing the Faucet conundrum in Switzerland
Usually, one does not worry about faucets during short international trips. A bucket (balti) and mug can be managed at most hotels, airbnbs and homes. It does become an issue when one happens to shift abroad for a longer duration. In our case, we relocated to Switzerland, a country like many more in the rest…
Je parle Francais, en Switzerland
Usually luck does not favour me, and so it was when we arrived here in Switzerland. The laws were changed around the time we came here to make it mandatory for the accompanying spouse to learn French. The official logic is that the better (in our case the lesser) half needs to integrate with the…
Say Cheese in Switzerland
There’s a lot of cheese available in Switzerland. The local regions, referred to as cantons such as Fribourg, Bern, Valais, St Gallen, produce their trademark fromage. Le Gruyere, Emmental, Appenzeller, Raclette are some of the patented cheese varieties. Surrounding countries such as France, Italy, Holland also have a rich tradition of producing cheese that find…
Maison Cailler, Broc, Switzerland
Switzerland has the highest per capita consumption of chocolates in the world. This obviously means chocolate manufacturing, over time, has been honed to a fine art in the country. Maison Cailler in Broc, Le Gruyere, is one of the oldest chocolate factories in Switzerland, perhaps also in the world. We took the tastefully executed tour…
First winter in Switzerland
We relocated to Switzerland in January. Having lived most of my life in the plains of North India, it was a different kind of winter. Here’s a glimpse of images from a period when the rest of the world believed the Corona Virus was China’s problem. #travelvlog
Siddharth Srivastava 