Gruyeres

Once upon a time, a group of girls set out who were tired of Museums. They wanted to see a little village in the country in Switzerland, a happy land named for its famous cheese. or perhaps the cheese was named for the place. But in any case, off they set in search of this magical place.



They did not know that they would actually find themselves in NARNIA. Yes that is the self-same lamp post that Lucy Pevensie stumbled upon - (and not "stumbed upon" as in the online phenomenon of being led to a random webpage... stumbled upon in the flesh) - the day she met Tumnus the Fawn and began her second life. It was a little like that, with a little Julie Andrews in the mix for good measure just in case it wasn't happy enough.

Also they did not travel through a wardrobe, but by train. But it is highly possible that there was magic involved in the journey because, as has become tradition, the moment they arrived on the train, they all opened Kinder Eggs. Kinder Eggs have a way of bringing magic with them. As you can observe in the pictures below:




But the moment they got out of the train, they noticed that they had arrived at the very doorstop of another museum! DA DA DUNNNN....

Yet this museum was not like others they had experienced. It was not a museum of history, natural history, Rousseau, art history, ancient Baths, church ruins, or watch-making. It was a museum... of CHEESE.


a trilingual museum of cheese no less. At first i thought "Cave" was the English translation haha

... and something else was different about this museum too. The audio guide was not a distinguished deep-voiced gentleman, but an uppity British Cow. In the video here, it is hard to make out well, but she informs the public:



"...Man had the idea of turning my milk into cheese
so that he could feed himself in winter
And he’s still pleased with himself
As Man said, “my cheese”
But its not true! It’s MY cheese! (here she sounds a bit sadistic while remaining cheery)

... We're superior to humans.
They only have one stomach.
But my girlfriends and I have four each!
Okay so we can ruminate, but at least we aren’t chewing over our past…
We chew the cud to turn grass into milk.
Say whatever you like, but it’s magic!"

As if our day wasn't full of enough magic already!


(kayla looks skeptical of this "magic")


Another magical thing happened: I smelled! You may know that I have an extremely weak sense of smell. My cousin Heather can relate, but only because she fell on her head. So she has better reasons. When I saw her at new years, we were in Bath & Body works trying in vain to smell the difference between "clean cotton" and "water" and "grass" or to smell anything at all... But somehow, at this museum, the concentration of scent in these things was high enough that I really felt like I was out in a meadow, ruminating with Cherry, smelling all the subtleties of the fields and flowers. A miracle!


This picture is from a trivia slide show in the museum. Cherry can be so cheery, but she has a sadistic side that comes out if you A.) think humans are superior to cows, B.) think cheese belongs solely to humanity or C.) answer one of these questions about the process of cheese-making incorrectly.


After the magical museum with its magical free samples, we went to a magical CASTLE!


In the magical tourist town:







And from there is was sort of too beautiful for words.

Also, they ate fondue. and lived happily ever after, only with mild indigestion.

The END!