The Chocolatiers...

Ask any woman to name something Swiss and they'll give you an instant response of chocloate. One of the most recognised and tastiest of these has to be... TOBLERONE ...today's addition to the YOYWYW banner.

This tasty triangular goodie has been produced since it's invention in 1908 by Jean Tobler, a Swiss confectioner who opened his first shop in 1867 in Berne. The Toblerone packaging is instantly recognisable throughout the world and is believed to be designed to symbolise one of the most familar mountains in the Alps, the Matterhorn. The other theory is that Tobler enjoyed many business trips to Paris and enjoyed watching the dancers at the Folies Bergere. After watching them perform their routine they would end the show by forming a human pyramid, which is said may have inspired Tobler to create the classic Toblerone shape.

The Toblerone packaging is instantly recognisable. It used to have an image of a bear, the heraldic symbol of Berne and an eagle carrying the Toblerone 'T' on it, but these had to be removed due to products not being allowed to display Swiss national symbols and so the Matterhorn was all that was left.

The unique taste of Toblerone comes from the ingredients of Cocoa, Almond-Nougat, Milk and Honey and bars are now available in dark chocolate, white chocolate as well as milk chocolate.

Undoubtedly one of the world's most recognisable brands and one of the most delicious chocloates around, no duty free would be the same without it!

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Every day we'll be adding to the YOYWYW banner at the top of this blog to bring you an insight into the host nations Austria and Switzerland.

As you can see so far the 'Hills are alive with the sound of music' as the YOYWYW yodellers Helmut and Heinrich belt out some traditional Austrian tunes while our beautiful barmaid Gretel shows off some of her lovely jugs...of ale that is!

Today's addition is Austria's most famous son, no, not Adolf Hitler but the one they call Arnie...

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger

Keep your eyes peeled for our banner changing and if you have any suggestions as to what we could be adding to our Alps then please leave a comment and we'll see what we can do.