Family!!

More fun pictures of the family.

Too cute for words!!

So, today I had a Grandma Day with Reagan! We went to the Cailler Chocolate Factory in Broc, Switzerland. Swiss chocolate??? Yes indeed! It was a lot of fun and a lot of chocolate!

Francois-Louis Cailler (1796-1852) was the first Swiss producer of chocolate, founder of the Cailler chocolate company. He first tasted Italian chocolate at a local fair and spent four years in Turin, Italy learning the art of chocolate making. When he returned to Switzerland, he set up the first Swiss Chocolate factory in Corsier in 1819. In 1825, he opened a second factory, which he later sold to his son Julian and son-in-law Daniel Peter. His great innovation was the development of a smooth chocolate that could be formed into bars. This was a worldwide sensation. In 1875, Daniel Peter had the idea of combining the chocolate with his neighbor Henri Nestle’s condensed milk to make milk chocolate. The Caillers and Peter eventually merged with the operation of Charles-Amedee Kohler (the inventor of hazelnut chocolate) to for the firm of Peter, Cailler, Kohler. In 1904, the “branches” were invented. These are sticks of chocolate.

"Grandma Sally, don't you want to take a picture of me in front of the Alps?"   :o)

Selfie - I held the camera and Reagan pushed the button,

The tour of the chocolate factory was very kid-friendly. It was a fun way to explain how
chocolate even came about and how Cailler's came into existence.

Old time machinery (top) and old fashioned advertising (bottom)

Learning about the nuts they put in their chocolate bars.

Actually watching the production of chocolate sticks . . . 

. . . and then getting to taste them!

The part of the tour Reagan had been waiting for - the tasting!! I admit, I had a few myself.
Our favorite - the almond topped chocolate caramel!

The chocolate kitchen! 

Okay, this was by far the best chocolate gift shop I have ever been in. A WALL of chocolate options!

Yummy fun!

Reagan spent a few minutes on the little playground before we got back in the car for the long ride home.
What a fun afternoon!!