Hidden gems in Switzerland
One of the greatest things about having friends from all over the globe besides the cultural exchange, is to visit them in their home countries (or how I once jokingly told one of my friends ‘in their natural habitats’) and therefore see all those places as a tourist you would never hear of. There’s something about having friends from other parts of the globe, it is as if the world wasn’t that big and you could go anywhere, or you’re just a message away from reaching some other part of the world and hear about what’s happening over there. Or it might just be me tripping.
What’s not to love about driving in Switzerland?
Switzerland is one of my favorite countries and for a good reason, it is clean, safe and all in all beautiful not to mention I haven’t met down the road any Swiss who wasn’t friendly, therefore I had to see this land in Europe and visit a few Swiss friends of mine. I see Switzerland as a medium-sized country compared to European standards and the best thing to see Switzerland and its breathtaking landscape is to take the European Railway system. Rumors are true, Swiss people are punctual and so are their trains who run all across the country. When visiting my friend Aurelia a little outside of Bern she kindly showed me a couple of small typically Swiss villages a little outside the tourist zone. I couldn’t be more thankful for that.
Affoltern im Emmental
We drove to the small town Affoltern im Emmental, this little town of just a little over 1,000 people has most of its jobs in the agriculture which is one third of all the jobs. Dairy is a big thing there due to its factories.
We visited one of the cheese factories, Emmentaler Schaukaeserei.
Outside the factory there’s this cool little cheese factory from 1750, where cheese is up to today still being made there, probably in a smaller scale.
Believe it or not I try any of the cheese and I don’t even know why, maybe I was saving some room for what was coming next, the cookie factory.
Trubschachen
I have a small to average sweet tooth but once in Switzerland – the chocolate land – you just wouldn’t say no to chocolate or anything slightly related to it. We went to the Kambly cookie factory in Trubschachen. This small town also has most of its economy running around agriculture. I believe the Kambly does bring a lot of revenue since the place seems to be quite popular.
Swiss people are very considerate and honest, throughout the factory store there are isles and isles of all Kambly cookies free to try and everyone would only grab one of it instead of a hand full.
A little cinema showing the history of Kambly.
Cookie making workshop
Whenever I travel and go somewhere with no apparent english signs I know I have been a little out of the beaten path.
I didn’t use to travel much but once I started, I just can’t stop travelling. On Can I Pack? I try to share how I make my travels work out because travelling shouldn’t be hard.
