Switzerland

After my family left on Wednesday March 23rd we just hung out and rested.  Then on Thursday March 24th we traveled for most of the day by train down to Switzerland to visit an old mission companions who lives just over the border from Germany.  So when we got there we visited with him and his wife and the next day (Friday March 25th) we traveled to the French part of Switzerland and visited the chocolate factory Callier.  The chocolate factory was cool.  We went through a presentation that moved from room to room and explained the history of chocolate and the chocolate factory which was pretty cool.  We got to see them making some candy as well as see the ingredients that are used in making the chocolate.  After we were through we go to sample the chocolate that they make and there were around 30 different flavors which we tried most of them.  It was really cool and I enjoyed meeting Eddy's mission companion, his wife, and daughter.  Here are some pictures:

 Eddy, Me, Arlette, Samuel, and Sarah.

 The Swiss mountains

 The chocolate factory.

 The cocoa beans

 The cocoa butter

 The sugar

 The nuts

 The milk

 A machine making chocolates

 This one was picking up the chocolates getting them ready to wrap.

 Here is the end with the wrapped candies.

 A machine mixing chocolates

 The sample room

 Another picture of the sample room.

 More mountains and I think there is a castle on the hill there but I cannot tell.

 More mountains

A Swiss drink.  It was very good.

The trip to Switzerland was fun and I enjoyed meeting Eddy's mission companion and his family.