Bulldog Travel - California State University, Fresno: August 2008

Welcome to Our Blog

Our Bulldog Travel blog is designed for our viticulture and enology students and faculty who are participating in the 2008 Swiss University Summer School Program, hosted by the University of Applied Sciences - Western Switzerland.

Students are encouraged to contribute to the blog during the four-week educational program in Switzerland, Italy and France.

What a great way to share thoughts and opinions about the various grape and wine topics that will be presented through classroom lecturers, hands-on activities, and tours to vineyards and wineries.

Friends and family back home in the US will also be able to read about what our students are learning, the places they are going, and the people they are meeting.

Congratulations to all of our students who were selected to be a part of this global opportunity. We know you will all be wonderful representatives of our department, university, and country!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Gruyere!

During the week we had a very full schedule to follow. The weekends were free. Since we had a Swiss travel pass, we were able to explore all corners of Switzerland. Cheese is one of the many things that Suisse (Switzerland) is known for, especially Gruyere! After a quick train trip, Mark, Kathe and I visited the Gruyere museum to learn about the process of how Gruyere cheese is made. Turns out that it is very important that the cows eat many aromatic flowers including lavender. Happy cows truly come from Switzerland...and they all wear giant cow bells.