Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Geneva




We were in Geneva during Escalade, which celebrates Genevan independance. There's a famous story about a Genevan woman pouring scalding vegetable soup over the city walls and burning invading soldiers, so every year during Escalade you can buy beautiful (and very expensive; these little ones cost about 30 francs) chocolate cauldrons filled with marzipan vegetables, which you smash open. We also ate fondue (of course) but sadly ate it all before I remembered to take a picture. We got a meat platter for dipping though!