758. French Play (Part I)

Accompany Brother Li to buy a winery, no matter what the level, you can make soy sauce by yourself, and Zhou Fangyuan himself is setting his sights on the Igan winery, that is, the Château Lysalus, but the winery has now fallen into the hands of the LVMH group, so it will take a while to prepare if you want to buy it, at least in terms of funds, the funds in Zhou Fangyuan's hands are indeed a little insufficient at this time.

Set a goal, he didn't care about the rest of the things, and began to play freely in France.

France is the third largest country in Europe and the largest in Western Europe, bordering Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Italy to the east and Spain, Andorra and Monaco to the south. The topography of the land is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, roughly hexagonal, facing water on three sides, bordering the Mediterranean Sea in the south, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and facing the United Kingdom across the English Channel in the northwest, Corsica is the largest island in France.

France has become one of the European powers since the end of the Middle Ages, reached the peak of feudal society during the reign of Louis XIV in the 17th and 18th centuries, overthrew the absolute monarchy after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, and has experienced two empires and three republics, and its national strength reached its peak in the 19th to 20th centuries, before World War II, France was the second largest colonial empire in the world at that time, with a colony area equal to 20 times the size of the mainland, becoming the most densely populated country in the 20th century, after World War II, the establishment of the French Fourth Republic, which was taken by the Shire in 1958Replaced by the Fifth Republic founded by Charles de Gaulle. Over the course of its long history, the country has produced many famous writers and thinkers who have had a profound impact on human development, and has the fourth largest number of World Heritage Sites in the world.

As early as the 17th century, French classical literature ushered in its own glorious period, with Molière, Stendhal, Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Alexandre Dumas, Zola, Guy de Maupassant, Romain Rolland and other literary giants. Many of their works have become treasures of world literature. Among them, "Notre Dame de Paris", "The Red and the Black", "The Tall Old Man", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "Les Miserables" and "Johann Christopher" have been translated into world literature and widely circulated around the world. On the detective side, there are also Maurice LeBlanc's "Rogue Arsen Ropin" and George Simnon's "Inspector Megre".

In modern times, French art has been quite innovative on the basis of inheriting tradition, not only sculpture masters such as Rodin, but also representatives of impressionism and fauvism such as Monet and Matisse. Since the 17th century, France's world leading position in the field of industrial design and art design has long been obvious to all. Schools of applied arts, architecture, fashion design and industrial design have long been known abroad for their "Made in France" commercial achievements.

The Avignon Theatre Festival was founded in 1947 by French theatre director Jean Villars. At that time, France was trying to rebuild after emerging from the shadow of World War II, and the purpose of the festival was to promote the revival and development of French culture and art, so that elegant theater art could go out of the palace and into the people. Held every summer in Avignon, a small city in the south of France listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Avignon Theatre Festival has become a major stage for the concentrated display of modern European theatre.

France is more famous in the world, and the most widely known, in addition to natural romance, may be left with French food and wine.

French cuisine focuses on freshness and originality. French cuisine has a wide selection of ingredients, mainly beef, poultry, seafood, vegetables, etc., especially roasted snails, truffle mushrooms, mushrooms, lobster, foie gras, caviar, in terms of ingredients, wine, olive oil, whipped cream and various spices are French favorites. A standard French meal is served in the order of cold cuts, soups, main courses and desserts. As for wine, France is the world's largest wine producer and the world's largest wine consumer. The wines produced are world-famous, such as Bordeaux, Languedoc and Burgundy, all of which are in France. The average annual consumption per capita is around 53 to 55 litres. In terms of wine production in 2007, France ranked first in the world with about 4.7 billion litres, followed by Italy and Spain.

As for tourism, Zhou Fangyuan, the top ten most famous scenic spots in France, has been to all of them in the past few days.

The Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Bastille Ruins, the Panthéon, the Georges Pompidou National Centre for Arts and Culture, the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, the Palace of Versailles, Fontainebleau and Place Charles de Gaulle are some of France's most famous tourist destinations.

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When it comes to France, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it the fragrance of clothes on the Champs-Elysées, the romance on the Pont Neuf, or the pure taste of dairy products?

In addition to enjoying the beautiful scenery of France and shopping for luxurious clothing, perhaps the biggest fantasy of foodies about France is to taste French food as exquisite as a work of art. A French meal is like appreciating a work of art, with exquisite tableware, faint candlelight, elegant surroundings, and delicious food, each of which needs to be savored!

Of course, Zhou Fangyuan disagrees with this, no matter what others think, he firmly believes that Chinese food is always the best, but at the same time, it cannot be denied that French cuisine has its own advantages.

At the very least, the variety of ingredients in French cuisine is quite rich, unlike the group of old rice, either chicken or beef, and all of them are large pieces of meat, chicken must be chicken breast, beef must be steak, internal organs are not eaten, obvious organs are not eaten, and there is no one who makes ostrich rice. The Serious French Traditional menu has a total of 13 dishes to choose from, each with small portions, in the following order:

The first course, the cold appetizer appetizer, is the equivalent of a cold platter before our main meal. A loaf of bread will come up before serving. The French like to eat long, hard bread, which is what we call baguettes. Break it into small pieces that you can eat in one bite by hand and smear it with presidential butter, and the taste is still quite good.

The second course - soup, can be a thick broth, can also be a light vegetable soup and delicious seafood soup, here Zhou Fangyuan chose a delicious seafood soup, he prefers seafood soup, whether it is Chinese or Western food.

The third course - hot appetizer appetizer, eat here, is the real start of the French meal, snails and foie gras is the star of the hot appetizer, Zhou Fangyuan does not like to eat foie gras, because he heard that foie gras is artificially made and filled with fatty liver, he does not have any idea of caring for small animals, but simply feels that fatty liver is disgusting, so he never eats foie gras, just wants some big snails to eat.

The fourth course – fish, the fifth course – the main course, the sixth course – hot cuts, the seventh course – cold cuts, the eighth course – sorbet, the ninth course – barbecue and salads, the tenth course – vegetables, etc., can actually be classified as main dishes, mainly meat, fish and seafood, and everyone can order 1-3 main courses according to the size of the appetite, accompanied by wine. As a general rule, white wine with "white meat" seafood and red wine with "red meat" livestock and game.

The eleventh dish, dessert, is regarded by the French as an art and a science. Each dessert is not only sweet, but also the meticulous ingenuity of the baker. Walk into the back kitchen of any Michelin-starred restaurant in France and you will be amazed by the exquisite desserts!

The twelfth course, the savory pastry, which is usually cheese, is a hearty dinner without cheese in the eyes of the French, like a beautiful woman who has lost an eye. A cheese platter is a must-try in a French meal.

The thirteenth course, coffee, has a wide variety of drinks, but at the end of the meal, coffee or black tea is usually served. Most French people usually finish their meal with a cup of espresso.

Eating French food is a troublesome task, and it is normal to toss and turn for two or three hours from the beginning of preparation to the serving to the end of eating.

It has been said that by feeling the atmosphere at the dining table, you can judge the overall personality of the people of the country. The French cuisine and dining methods are always reminiscent of the strings of notes flowing from under Clayderman's fingers, romantic and timeless. French cuisine is meticulous, and when eating, you should sit upright and not lean on the back of the chair. When eating, you can lean forward slightly and keep your arms close to your body. When using a knife and fork, remember to start with the outermost cutlery and work your way up from the outside in. After each dish, place the knives and forks side by side on the plate, with the tines facing up.

In general, with a heart of enjoyment, French food brings the ultimate experience, if it is a rush, then it is better not to eat French food, that kind of slow process, enough to drive any acute child crazy.

After enjoying the French food, Zhou Fangyuan wandered around the territory of France at will.

People are full of beautiful fantasies about small towns in France.

Indeed, there are many beautiful towns in the agricultural country of France, such as Colmar, a well-known mixed-race town on the Franco-German border, which became popular because of "Howl's Moving Castle", and recently attracted the attention of Chinese people again because of "Chinese Restaurant". However, the wider French land is the big countryside outside the small town.

First of all, it is necessary to delineate a range of rural France, and there is a popular saying in the circle of studying in France: France is rural except Paris. For example, Toulouse, the fourth largest city in France, is also called "Tu Village". However, these towns are still very different from the real big French countryside. Between cities, public transportation such as trains and buses is more developed. And France has also given birth to a similar Didi taxi software, called blablacar, which is used for carpooling between cities. The app has become the most popular way to get around in France, and the cost is cheaper than the train.

However, moving between urban and rural areas is quite difficult. There are also urban and rural buses in France, but there are so few of them. There is only one bus a day to the average village, and some villages don't even have a bus to get there. Therefore, the car is a necessity for rural survival.

Each village in France is small, a few households are a village, and the distance between villages is considerable. Walking through the car can experience what it means to be a wilderness, and at night most of the road does not see any lights, only the moonlight sprinkles on the fields beside the road. Although the maximum speed limit on the road is 130 kilometers per hour, French veteran drivers are bound to drive over the speed limit, feeling that driving so slowly is a waste of fuel and time, and it is not enough to make the car effective.

When it comes to France, everyone thinks of fashion, and the familiar brands such as Dior, LV, Channel, and YSL are all from France. So are the French particularly fashionable? Honestly, on the whole, yes, especially when compared to what the Germans dress. Even in winter, many French women, regardless of age, wear thin stockings, boots, and tweed jackets. There are also many men who choose to wear pointy shoes. Well-dressed and charismatic uncles are not difficult to find on the streets. The scarf around the neck is a must-have for both French men and women. Perhaps the land of France has a strong artistic atmosphere, and people have been influenced since childhood, and they have a certain experience in the matching of colors.

In France, both urban and rural, bars and churches are essential. Drinking and chatting in a bar is a daily pastime. If a village is so small that there is no bar, then drive to the next village. If you want to make it bigger, you can open a party, that is, a party. Villagers hold soirée for all sorts of reasons, birthday parties, summer parties, drag parties, and more. Larger ones include large-scale nighttime gatherings at the village and county levels, with bands singing, beer stalls, game stalls, and so on.

There are also many young people in the French countryside who choose to live in the countryside, some because they like the countryside and are close to nature, and some do not like the high housing prices and people in the city. There are also people who usually spend their days in the city on weekdays and return to the village for two days on weekends. This is in contrast to the current situation in rural China, where the uneventful rural life may be boring for most young people.

There are three main options for working in rural areas. The first is agricultural activities. The second is the many large food processing factories that are located in the countryside to escape the high land prices in the cities. There are also many small workshops in the village with few staff. The third type of work is the mini-workshop. Zhou Fangyuan visited a candy workshop, a glass art workshop, a wind farm and so on. These workshops are housed in two or three houses the size of a private house, and the staff can be as few as a few as a dozen or as many as a dozen. Although these workshops are small, the interior decoration is beautiful and the working environment is very comfortable. Compared with the large factories in China, which often employ hundreds of people, the small workshops here are really too small to be believed. There are not many large factories in France that are engaged in manufacturing.

In short, the environment in France is still very good, small villages have their unique charm, although small, but particularly exquisite, of course, life is certainly not as wonderful as in the big cities, in the countryside of any country, after all, the countryside is relatively small, commercial activities will not be developed, so this is suitable for people who like to live quietly, on the contrary, do not waste time in this kind of place.