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If you don't want to eat so verbose, in fact, you can go straight to the point and ask for 1 main course, I'm afraid it's not enough, you can ask for 1 appetizer + 1 main dish (you want two main dishes, people have no opinion), but the aperitif is generally ordered. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoFifth, the main dish is usually served with the main dish. But a basket of bread will be served on each table, and you can eat and play while waiting for the dishes, and you can ask for it if it is not enough (no additional money).

Sixth, you don't have to tip, you are willing to give whatever you want. This is a summary of An Qingju and An Chuyu's first meal, and the other discoveries will be expressed later.

An Qingju and An Chuyu ordered roast duck breast and roast pork chops, and they didn't know what to drink before the meal, so they could only order beer and Diet Coke. A meal down for 60 euros. Later, it turned out that Bayeut's meals were on the expensive side, and certainly not much. The taste is good, and the duck made by the French is especially suitable for the appetite of An Qingju and An Chuyu.

When I woke up in the morning for breakfast, I met two elderly American couples who had been living here for a few days. I heard that An Qingju and An first met driving, and the American aunt said: howbraveyouare! She said that "these Frenchmen" had narrow roads and fast speeds, which was scary.

Indeed, the road and the car in the United States are stupid and black. American cars on French roads will squeeze other cars under the road. An Chuyu has a saying about this: this just shows that civilizations and cultures are different. The United States and France are both Western civilizations (both drive), but their cultures are very different. There are degrees of civilization, but it is difficult to say that culture is good or bad.

After breakfast, An Qingju and An Chuyu had the experience of congestion in Monet's garden yesterday, and knew that what museum to visit during the summer vacation had to enter as soon as the door was opened. The Bayeux Tapestry Museum opened at 9 o'clock, and An Qingju and An were waiting there on time when they first met. Basically, the first batch went in, there were no people, and you could watch slowly.

Tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry are 9 euros, and you can buy a bundle ticket with the Normandy Landing Memorial Museum (the latter costs 5 euros for a single visit), and two for 12 euros.

The old town of Bayeux in the early morning is very peaceful, and the souvenir windows on the streets are mostly filled with various models of medieval warriors. Old houses, old churches, old waterwheels, this "old" is really old, not the "old" that is old.

This is the Bayeux Tapestry Museum. This is probably the least exhibited museum in the world, as there is only one exhibit here: the Bayeuxtapestry, a tapestry whose real name is "Queen Mathilde".

Why is An Qingju so keen on it that he wants Tete to come here to see Nirvana? First of all, it is about the first comic book in the world. An Qingju watched a BBC documentary called "A History of England", and when introducing William the Conqueror, he directly explained the content of this tapestry; I can see An Qingju's heart rushing.

The tapestry is 70 meters long. Half a meter wide, 62 meters extant. Tapestries were cut into many small pieces during the war, some people used them to make the roof of horse-drawn carriages, and some people made blankets at home, and it was not easy to collect so many and put them back together.

A total of 623 figures, 55 dogs, 202 horses, and 49 trees appear in the tapestry. 41 ships, more than 500 birds and dragons and other creatures. About 2,000 Latin characters, very beautiful.

The story goes: King Edward of England had no children, and when his distant cousin, William, Duke of Normandy, visited England, Edward and his father-in-law were not at peace. In order to win the support of the Normans, Edward promised him to pass the throne to William after his death. For this reason, Edward deliberately sent his son-in-law, Prince Harold, to Normandy to announce William's succession.

Edward died. Unexpectedly, Prince Harold and his ministers discussed and established himself as the king of England. William, of course, did not do it, and his younger brother, Archbishop Ode of Bayeux and other half-brothers, recruited troops, crossed the English Channel, and Prince Harold's Jorge-Saxon army fought a fierce battle in the Hastings region of England.

Won and killed Prince Harold. Eventually, he became King of England. This is known as the Battle of Hastings.

This famous battle in history, which is known as a military reference, was later embroidered on an extra-long linen by Archbishop Ode to praise his brother's great achievements.

Fortunately, there is a Chinese audio guide in this museum, and under the guidance of the voice, An Qingju and An Chuyu looked at this linen scroll twice, and they were really amazed by the imagination of the embroiderer.

The silhouettes of the figures on the tapestry are all in the medieval style, and the artistic expression is actually quite rustic. However, it is embroidered with a sense of movement, using artistic summaries and depictions of various details to portray the strong personality characteristics and complex inner world of each character.

The picture layout of the tapestry is upper, middle and lower, the upper part has some birds, comets or words, etc., which represent the weather and celestial information, the middle is the main line of the story, and the lower part is generally the background of the story scene, such as the battlefield, there are corpses, and if you go to war, there are ordinary people, soldiers, etc., to indicate the atmosphere of the story. Under the guidance of Chinese voice, you can also see a lot of scenes full of joy.

For example, in order to thank Prince Harold for coming to Normandy to announce the news of succession and asking him to marry his sister, a shocking naked man appeared under the scroll, which is the earliest fullmonty in history.

For example, William's littlebirds hiding in the grass and behind pillars to eavesdrop on Harold's plot are always reminiscent of the scene of the Smurfs smashing into Gargamel's scheme. It's not in vain!

Visitors who like this long scroll can buy photocopies of Bayeux tapestries in various languages at the souvenir shop at the exit after visiting the museum's only exhibit, but unfortunately there is no Chinese version. By the way, An Qingju came back and checked that you can download this Bayeux tapestry, which is super long.

Such a tapestry, after watching it for almost two hours, lingering, is worth the trip. Next, An Qingju and An met for the first time and rushed to the Normandy Landing Memorial Museum. This museum is quite large, but unfortunately it is only available in English and French.

It displays all kinds of Allied troop costumes, original weapons, various records, etc. at the time of the Normandy landing, which is very beautiful. There's also a 30-minute film on the Normandy landings.

It was noon when I came out, and I went to see the D-Day-Beaches. In front of the Normandy landing memorial (the one who looks at An Qingju), it probably has a general idea of this D-Day beach. Our Chinese history textbooks basically do not scribble on this matter (there is no need to scribble), and this picture can be seen at a glance:

This beach is very long. The westernmost to eastern areas are Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, covering a total of 100 kilometers. Each beach has a visitor-like place where you can find some remnants of the Allied landings (An Qingju and An Chuyu drove into several places along the way).

An Qingju and An first met and went to Omaha Beach. That beach was landed by U.S. troops. The sand of this beach is too flat and wide, and not far away from it is a 30-meter-high cliff that suddenly goes straight up and down, so that the American troops who come up directly become a live target, and the landing operation must have suffered great casualties.

I watched it here on the spot. After returning home, I turned out "Saving Private Ryan" and watched it, and suddenly I had a more intuitive and terrifying understanding of the tragic scene at the time of landing.

Today, except for some remaining fortifications, this beach is a quiet and comfortable beach in the eyes of those who don't know where it is. An Qingju and An found out when they first met that they thought that the south of France was the "sunny beach", but in fact, the seaside in the north was just as beautiful. When An Qingju and An first met, it was obviously a summer vacation place for the French in the north, which was very pleasant.

An Qingju and An Chuyu naturally did not let go of this clean beach, and the two of them put aside those heavy war stories. Very vulgar and shamelessly posed for a shot on the beach with a selfie artifact - "shutter remote control".

In "Walking", Mont Saint-Michel is included in the tourist chapter of Normandy, in fact, Mont Saint-Michel is located at the junction of Normandy and Brittany. If you follow Hugo's "Ninety-Three" to visit Mont Saint-Michel, it is better to include it in the scope of Brittany.

The next two days after leaving Bayeux were the first time An Qingju and An met in Brittany:

Bayeux >> Pontorson (stay>>), Mont-Saint-Michel (see Mont-Saint-Michel and church), >> Saint-Malo (pirate town) >> Cancale (oyster-eating) >> Fugeres fougeres (see the medieval defensive castle)

Before coming to Brittany bretagne, An Qingju and An Chuyu had no idea about this place at all, isn't it all French! When I really got there, I read the description of the Vendée rebellion in Brittany during the French Revolution described in "Ninety-Three". An Qingju and An Churan little by little, and they had some feelings about this area.

Brittany is located in the western part of France and has a long coastline. It's almost like a peninsula. In fact, this region has always been a ** principality in the history of France, until the 15th century, when the Duchess of Brittany (that is, "Anna of Brittany") married Louis XII, and it was incorporated into the French territory.

Just take a look at the flag in the picture below. The castles of the Loire Valley, the buildings of Burgundy, the monuments of Paris, and the flags of all the regions in history that are bordered by the French royal family all bear the famous "Golden Lily" logo. And the flag of Brittany is completely different:

The Brittany region is a region of winding mountains. There are many canyons and mountain streams, and the coastline is still long. The area was inhabited partly by Gauls and more by English who had settled across the Channel, and most of the population was scattered in small isolated farms and cottages. The land here is fertile, and it is not difficult to make a living through agriculture and animal husbandry.

The peasants did not have much contact with the outside world. The renewal of ideas is relatively slow (life has always been good, what is there to change), and the lords are also good to them, so people regard obedience to the lords (not the king of France) as their duty, and there is no contradiction between self-interest and aristocratic interests. (The novel "He Came from the Last Days" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued.) )

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