Our niece Juliette and her husband Stephan invited us to Switzerland, to the Hotel Cailler. Before meeting them, we spent the night in Gruyères.
Little did we know that the utterly enchanting town had a Christmas market going on. It was charming — such a delightful surprise!
Gruyères itself is steeped in history: a beautifully preserved medieval town founded around the 12th century and crowned by its impressive hilltop castle, once home to the Counts of Gruyère.
The region is also famous for its Gruyère cheese, which takes its name not from the Count but from the surrounding countryside, where cheesemaking has been a tradition for centuries. Wandering the cobblestone streets was pure delight! How happy I am to be in tied to a wonderland. More to come-
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