Montreux Switzerland: floating in the clouds day (Photos)

There is no snow be known to all the world, but it isSwitzerlandSkiers do not want to miss. And elsewhere, here you can enjoy the snow season, can always in the most typical, the most peaceful Switzerland scenery.

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Chocolates

In Montreux, entered in DecemberEuropeThe Christmas season begins. 10 morning, the streets of the city are desolate, but the Christmas market square edge already boiling. The Christmas market in the winter is the most important "that little thing". For the Swiss people, Christmas is a hot cup of wine to warm, with a good cheese, a ginger bread and sweet...... And a box of enough unique Christmas chocolate.

We have the pleasure of crossing the crowded hall, around the counter to Royat's kitchen. Originally a small chocolate shop and restaurant kitchen have usually busy, the master did not rise to greet all busy today, for the first time. This has several decades of history of handmade chocolate shop, manages the Royat chef is the most senior, the most famous chocolate master the region, like Mr Bean -- if you want to know about all the origins of chocolate, only need to chat with him; if you want to know the Swiss chocolate exactly what kind of magic, just close the eyes have a piece he handmade chocolate.

Chocolate making

"Supermarkets sell one, we call it Candy (candy), it is not the real chocolate." Mr Bean said, real chocolate for the Swiss, is must have a certain ratio than pure cocoa production and become, so must every freshly made, shelf life is only a short span of two weeks. In addition to the world of raw materials will bring different taste, good chocolate must not intermittent stirring for 72 hours, can be completely removed by granular, smooth taste. He introduced a variety of chocolate ingredients, while pulling me through a variety of machines and operating table, chocolate puree stirred powder have a house rich fragrance, smooth slurry tumbling in the big machine, let people hate not to dive in. Several times to secretly from the plate in front of get a taste, is he stopped me: "don't worry, you have to close your eyes, your heart sink down, can begin the trip."

Chocolate also has travel, this is a taste of what? I learn to Mr. Bean took a deep breath and then slowly spit, picked up a piece of looks nothing special square, close your eyes piously placed in the mouth. For a moment the teeth bite, I was that bloom in the tip of the tongue on the taste shock -- erupted from the sweet chocolate shell in second flavors, familiar and warm, genuine people crazy! Pepper, pepper, chocolate! If you want to get out! "Every year I will go to travel, is a food tour, is also a creative journey. Often eat a stunning local food in a foreign land, I will close your eyes and heart and tongue to remember the taste, then I go back to Switzerland to the taste of chocolate reduction, record it."

Who says Europe only a world of ice and snow in winter, at the foot of the mountain town of beauty, food and wine, the colors which are not lacking taste

The sky rain becomes fine snow. Winter is becoming more and more intense this morning, I stood in the blender rumbling sound Royal kitchen, in his leadership, made a special trip around the world with the tongue: Tom Yum Goong soupThailand, pepper.SichuanIn Burma, gold foil, mustard.Japan, curry flavorIndia...... Small block codes in a small box, which is a box, the Swiss people create the world.

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Chillon Castle

Besides the chocolate, wine and music, built in the Geneva lake a large piece of rock on the most famous castle in the region is the Swiss star. Castle in the winter and the snow-capped mountains in the distance, the quiet Lake Geneva formed a dreamscape, picturesque. Inside the castle is also quite exciting, quaint room is still on display in the main people use things, while in the castle in the murals, utensils and all kinds of weapons (such as silver swords, helmets, knife) also display their strength and grade of the family.