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When playing in Germany, German rice did not make An Qingju and An Chuyu miss Chinese food, but the luxurious French meal made An Qingju and An Chuyu miss rice stir-fry very much. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is no Chinese food in the rural town, An Qingju and An first met Googleearth and found a Chinese restaurant called "Hua Guohong" in Tours, which is very popular. An Chuyu drove 30 kilometers, then went around to find a parking space in Tours, and walked a few hundred meters to "Hua Guohong".

An Chuyu was not ambiguous at all, one person killed two pork ribs, one fried rice and one fried noodles, and a few stir-fried vegetables. Full and full. Before leaving, the proprietress of Huaguo asked An Qingju and An Chufeng if they were on a business trip? An Qingju said that he was here to play by himself. The proprietress said with special emotion, "You must have worked very hard all the way."

An Qingju didn't quite understand it, and only reacted when he saw the bill, and the two of them ate 45 euros! This price is not much to eat French food, eating Chinese food is definitely a luxury, Chinese food is generally only 6-8 euros for a dish, An Qingju and An Chuyu met the three Chinese girls (who seem to be local students) to check out less than 20 euros......

This is a casual snapshot of the streets of Tours, the sky is blue, and everything looks good.

The two of them burped and hummed a little song to kill the castle of Villandry in Villandry. An Chuyu went to Tours City for lunch today, and it can be regarded as a plan. Because today's route is the route along the west of the city of Tours, there are no detours. From the city of Tours, continue west for less than 20 kilometers to reach Villadri.

The history of the villandry castle itself is nothing earth-shattering, and the main thing to come here is to see French horticulture. Of course, if you want to see French gardening, you can also go to the Palace of Versailles and the Palace of Fontaine-Élysées. But the gardening here has its own characteristics.

An Qingju and An first met the French rural town that passed through all the way, no matter how small, the casual corner is planted with a small scene of gardening flowers with great color matching, and it cannot be said that the French people's horticultural taste is indeed the result of hundreds of years of edification.

Compared with the "gardening" that An Qingju and An Chuyu saw when they lived in Yanqing and passed through a street in Kangzhuang, they were amazed at how the villagers who met An Qingju and An Chuyu could match flowers and plant them in that kind of gaudy color, which can be regarded as the result of cultural edification.

However, it was not until I walked into the villandry castle of Villadri to look at these gardens that I realized that the "noble gardening" of the French was obviously not advocating the combination of colors; Of course, color matching is also important, but that's obviously just basic gardening. Noble French horticulture pays attention to "tidying" up the plants into a shape you can't imagine, and cutting countless plants into one shape.

See these linden tree promenades, right? It seems to grow naturally, but in fact 1,015 linden trees are carefully pruned like this, and the instructions say that it takes four gardeners to prune these linden trees for three months every winter:

There are two levels of tickets to enter the castle, 10 euros per person to visit the castle + garden, and 6.5 euros per person to visit the garden only. Considering that there are still many castles to visit in the future, An Qingju and An Chuyu only visited the garden.

The gardens of the castle are divided into many parts according to the theme, such as the sun garden, the water garden, the vegetable garden, and the herb garden. Each part of the garden is planted with a variety of plants according to a different theme, carefully combed and cut into extremely intricate patterns:

It has to be said that these patterns are complex enough just to draw, let alone grow: see how the gardener works? You don't need a hoe, you just use your hands:

Truth be told, it's a great place for a walk. It's really nice to sit in the shade of a tree and eat some melon seeds, watching children running around in the maze, with a cool breeze:

After An Qingju and An first met, they visited Langeais Castle and Azay-le-Rideau Castle in Azaledo. Both castles looked at the exterior and did not go in.

The Château de Langes is 10 km further west of the Château de Villadel. Entering the town of Langes, the ancient is like driving back in time. You have to follow such a small car down a very narrow street to find it. The street was so narrow that An Qingju and An Chuyu thought that they must be going to rush into it and get stuck inside. I didn't expect the peak to turn around, and there was a parking lot when people turned the corner:

After looking at the castle, it is natural to tell that the Château Langes is clearly a defensive castle, even if you only see a line through the street, you can judge from its towering towers:

On the other side of the castle is facing the Loire, and there is a drawbridge. The walls at the base of the castle are very thick, at least 4 meters, and there is no door at the bottom (which is directly visible in the photo), the door is opened very high above the ground, and as small as possible, if you want to enter the door, you have to use a ladder, a detachable wooden staircase in case of attack.

This can't be called a castle, it's called a bunker.

The castle of Azay-le-Rideau is much better. It was built 10 kilometers south of the Château de Langes by the Chancellor of the Exchequer under François I and confiscated by the king. This castle is not the kind of towering fortress, it definitely belongs to the type of resort annex, which is convenient for the golden house to hide.

An Qingju and An Chuyu only pinched two photos at the door and didn't go in: there are photos on the Internet for reference, although this castle is small, it is still very beautiful when reflected on the lake:

After going around this big circle, I was too lazy today. I'm going to move the place tomorrow, and the next place to live said on the booking that there is an electric kettle, so An Qingju and An Chumet went to the supermarket to buy some eggs and wait for tomorrow to cook. After Carrefour, by the way, shopping and refueling, I came back. I ate too much at noon, and at night I slept on the bottom of the fruit mat.

The price of being lazy yesterday is that today will be more rushed. An Qingju and An Chuyu are still dirty, they have come, and they are still reluctant to give up where they originally planned to go, and the only way to make up for yesterday's laziness is to rush all the way today. Fortunately, there is no turning back on today's route, which is all the way to the east.

Check out in the morning and head 20 kilometers east along the Loire to your first stop: Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire. This is Henry II's mother Worm (to put it mildly: the wife) who occupied the Chenonso of her husband's favorite concubine after her husband's death and exchanged it for a new residence for her favorite concubine.

Actually, it's not bad, but it's not all killed. An Qingju and An didn't go in when they first met, but took photos on the other side of the river; Many tourists are obviously standing on the other side of the river to watch it, just like An Qingju and An Chuyu. To tell you the truth, it's not bad compared to Chenonceau Castle:

After the Château de Chaumont, the car drives past the city of Blois and leaves the Loire and continues 35 kilometers east to the Château de Chambord (also called Château de Chambord on some sites).

The Château de Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire Valley. This was the first major project after François I succeeded to the throne.

The French king, who followed his father-in-law (Louis XII) to Italy, was fascinated by Renaissance art and was no longer satisfied with renovating the existing palace, so he built this hunting palace, which has been operated for several generations, is very large and majestic, and it is really worth seeing.

If you go to Chambord Castle, you can arrange a luxurious picnic here, but unfortunately An Qingju and An Chuyu didn't know this in advance, and only prepared a simple lunch, of course, it can also be regarded as piic.

The whole layout of Chambord Castle is divided into two parts: the garden and the castle, the garden is very large, very large, if you want to finish shopping, you have to drive, the garden tour is not expensive. That's why there are a lot of locals who just carry their picnic things to the lawn and have a picnic while looking at the castle. There are a lot of parking lots near the castle, and it seems like 4 euros a day.

Once you park your car, you can walk along the moat from behind the castle and the grandeur of the castle will gradually appear: this is not a big deal, the key is to take a detour to the front of the castle, and further away, you will have a full view of the castle:

The whole castle has more than 400 rooms and almost 300 fireplaces. The roofs of the rooms are carved with an "F" symbolizing François I and the family emblem salamander (roasted salamander?). ）：

The architectural design in the Château de Chambord is exquisite, and the most commendable of them is that the steps in the castle adopt a double helix structure similar to DNA, that is, two groups of staircases are staggered around a common axis, spiraling upward, and people going up and down the stairs can see each other without meeting.

It is said that the king specially invited the queen to avoid embarrassment and disputes when he and his mistress met head-on. Fincher's design is one of the best in the history of architecture.

Those who care about His Holiness's living facilities will also be able to feast their eyes on this castle. An Qingju was impressed by Hermès's custom-made four-wheeled carriage and a small bathroom. The carriages are absolutely exquisite, and it is said that the cars on display here have never been used.

There is a toilet in the bathroom - of course, it is not a flush toilet, which has not been seen in various palace visits after An Qingju and An first met, and it is conceivable that it was not very convenient for the nobles at that time:

Nearly 300 stoves in the castle have chimneys, so many beautifully decorated chimney "forests" are formed on the top of the castle. This is what makes this castle particularly unique: it is a pleasure to admire the beautiful decorations of the façade between the cloisters of the castle.

Standing on the top of the castle, as far as the eye can see, there are lawns and hunting estates around the castle, how grand and magnificent it is. There are also horseback riders in period costumes on the meadows, presumably offering to take group photos.

Coming out of the castle, there is time and space on the lawn for a total of two people to pose for photos. Everybody's the same.

An Qingju and An Chuyu sat in the shade of the tree with all kinds of food they brought, and had a very happy meal. After the picnic, the two headed straight to their next stop, Cheverny Cheverny, also known as Tintin Castle. This castle is located 18 km south of the Château de Chambord. r1152

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