Gruyères

Gruyères is a awesome little town at the foot of the mountains. I had been wanting to go here for quite some time, so of we went. As you can see in the picture below, there is an old medieval castle that looks over the town. Here they are famous for a type of cheese named after the town. (Hey Mom, you can probably get it at Kroger, its called Le Gruyère and you can find it in the fancy cheese section.)


It was quite a march up to the old-town.








Here within the defensive walls, its quite a cute festive little town.





Shelly gets water from a fountain like a real European.





OK OK OK. So here’s my favorite part. The Alien creature from the Ridley Scott film was modeled from the works of a Swiss painter and scultpor named H.R. Giger. Well, he has a museum and a bar in this town, so I had to go.

Heres me outside the bar, in front of a work off his called the ‘Birth Machine’


Inside the bar!:

A leg of one of the tables, notice the detail in the floor:




View of the ceiling!







Aaron and Christian in front of the.. well whatever. I love this pic.



Sculpture outside:


We visited the cheese factory too. But it wasnt as cool as the Giger bar.