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- La Fete de L´Absinthe 2007 in Boveresse - |
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Once again it was time for us to visit Switzerland for the Absinthe Festival in Boveresse. Our journey started from our headquarter in Cologne on 15.06.2007. The festival was on the next day, on 16.06.2006. After a short stop in Basel, right at the German/Swiss border we headed over to Couvet to meet Claude Alain Bugnon, the distiller of our Absinthe Clandestine, and other Absintheurs. As Couvet is known for its excessive nightlife (just kidding..) we didn´t miss the chance to visit the local night club. After some wild "Pulp Fiction" dances on the dancefloor (just kidding #2) we prepared ourselves for the festival on the next day. More or less no big surprises were shown there, except for the first green Suisse Absinthes of the Val de Travers, which had their preview in Boveresse. Therefore we grabbed our mountainbikes and took a ride on the local mountains, great fun! At the evening we had a typical "Fondue" at a hotel, which will be restored to an Absinthe Experience hotel including a distillery in the cellar, where you will have the chance to distill your own Absinthe with professional advise. Like every year we partied out the day at the "aftershow" party in Boveresse. Many international Absintheurs met there and we had lots of fun with the Green Fairy and the local party crowd...
The Cathedral of Cologne, our journey starts...
...and we met some strange buses on the Autobahn.
On the way to the Val de Travers we stopped by at Basel in Switzerland.
In "Schaffhausen" close to Basel the river "rhine" has its spring. After this little cultural interruption we passed Lac Neuchatel and were already awaited in Couvet.
The Nightclub...
On the next day the festival started.
Welcome to Boveresse!
The local distillers presented their newest green Absinthes and someAccessories and Antiques were sold.
The MTB Tour
And the Absinthiana hotel,
where we enjoyed a "Fondue" with a "Kirschwasser" infusion
In the cellar Absinthe is distilled.
The day was partied out at the Absinthe tent in Boveresse
On the next day we said goodbye to the local inhabitants and after a 7 hour drive we finally
saw the cathedral once again at the horizon!
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