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La Desalpe in Saint Cergue, Switzerland

September 24, 2019May 14, 2020 Caro 0 Comments alphorns, cows, Desalpe St. Cergue 2019, Desalpes, La Desalpe, restaurant, Restaurant du Jura, Saint Cergue, Swiss Festivals, Swiss Traditions, Switzerland, taste of savoie

A profusion of bright colours from their flowered headdresses rush towards me. The large brass bells clanging and glinting in the early morning sunlight setting off their huge brown eyes.

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Le Cinquieme Jour, Geneva

January 25, 2019March 6, 2019 Caro 0 Comments Chef Marco Ambrosino, Chef Walter el Nagar, food blogger, gastronomique restaurant, Geneva Restaurant, le cinquieme jour, restaurant geneva, Switzerland, taste of savoie, Taste of Savoie Eats

Well, this was a dinner to remember, more a feast for the eyes and sensory delight for the taste buds! A gastronomic experience of innovative cuisine incorporating healthy and sustainable food and humanitarian principles.

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The Escalade: Festival of the Chocolate Pot – 1602

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Caro 0 Comments Duke of Savoy, Escalade, Escalade Geneva, Geneva, Geneva Traditions, History of the Escalade, Marmite, Marmite de Escalade, Switzerland, taste of savoie, taste of savoie travels, Visit Geneva

Celebrated in Geneva this weekend 7-9 December 2018
A history of The Escalade: Festival of the Chocolate Pot celebrated in Geneva – A commemoration of the defeat of The Duke of Savoy and his army
Each year in the second week of December, Geneva in Switzerland comes alive with the sound of revolution. Fife and drum bands march the cobbled streets of the Old Town.

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A great day out on Lac Leman in Switzerland

May 29, 2017December 3, 2018 Caro 4 Comments CGN, food and travel blogger, food blogger, Lac Leman, Lake Geneva, Lake trip, Lausanne, Montreux, Nyon, Rolle, SS Vevey, Switzerland, taste of savoie, Vevey

I cannot believe that I have lived in the Geneva area for 9 years and had never taken this great day trip on the wonderfully picturesque lake – Lac Leman, one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. Lac Leman or Lake Geneva as it is also known is a crescent shaped lake with a shoreline in both France and Switzerland and is overlooked by the Alps.

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