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If it weren't for the Tintin comics, An Qingju and An would have met for the first time just look at it from the outside, because this is just a private castle, and the owner of the castle still lives here to this day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 But it was this castle that inspired Hergé to paint it as the residence of Captain Haddock. Then this castle is completely different for the two Tintin fans, that is, you must go in and drop:

This private castle is not cheap at all, it costs 9.5 euros per person. Whatever he is, you must go in and compare! It can be seen that when Hergé painted the castle, the outermost two wings were removed, leaving only the middle part:

It is not easy for the family to own this castle after more than 400 years and it is still quite prosperous, and the sadness in the middle is probably only known to themselves. The castle is said to have hosted many generations of kings, and these glories are displayed in a huge exhibition hall. The armor inside is also featured in "The Adventures of Tintin". The owner of the castle is also very cooperative, and the gift shop and other places are decorated with the pattern of Tintin:

In the courtyard of the castle there is a Tintin comic gallery, which is charged separately. An Qingju and An Chuyu did not go in to visit, because of the close contact with Tintin, An Qingju and An Chuyu planned to stay in Belgium.

French transliteration, called Murne. Sue. Meung-sur-Loire, translated by contrast, is the Château de la Mern on the banks of the Loire. In general travel books, this castle is basically unknown, and An Qingju and An Chuyu went there for two reasons, one is that An Qingju and An Chuyu's residence is next to it, and the other is that this castle appears in Linda's "Take a Book to Paris".

The castle is not hard to find, it is very close to the Orleans Orleans, 15 km away. From the Château de Cheverny, follow the Loire River for 55 kilometres to the east.

The owner of the castle was the local bishop, and according to the customs of theocracy at that time, this castle not only had a residential function, but also had the role of a "government office", which was probably not found in other castles that An Qingju and An first met.

However, in the 17th century, the owner of the castle was replaced by a private nouveau riche and renovated and expanded the castle according to the popular style of the time, which made the castle look medieval on one side and a somewhat odd pink color on the other:

This castle obviously has very few people, not only does it not have a Chinese leaflet, it does not even have a separate English introduction manual, only provides a non-one-time use English introduction folder, you want to use it when you hold it out to see, and return it after reading.

Entering through the pink side of the gate, you will encounter a "samurai" wearing a medieval shirt. It seems that this is an add-on to the castle tour: teaching visitors how to use a medieval sword.

The samurai was professionally trained, and according to him, he won second place in European competitions (there are still such competitions). An Chuyu is very serious, following one move and one style to learn, obviously using a long sword requires a lot of skills:

The most restored homes in the castle are in the medieval style. What is impressive is the bishop's bath, which presumably also serves as a function for other government officials, and is large with many compartments in it, a bit of a hammam-style; The kitchen is also super big and looks like the kitchen of a canteen.

Unlike the other castles that An Qingju and An Chuyu saw, there is a very deep basement, which was used as a prison in the Middle Ages, and it is gloomy, with cells and torture cells. What makes people more uncomfortable is that the exit is actually in the corridor outside the bathroom, I wonder if the bishop is taking a bath while supervising the prison guards' torture?

According to Linda's "Take a Book to Paris", there is a dungeon in this castle, the kind of dungeon described in Hugo's "Ninety-Three Years".

An Qingju and An Chuyu came to this for the first time, as soon as they entered the castle, they asked everywhere where they were, I don't know what the French say about the "dungeon", An Qingju and An Chuyu used English "dungeon + pit + darkprison + undergroundprison" and described it with strokes, and finally found it, it turned out that the entrance to the dungeon was not in the castle, but in the courtyard outside.

Also, the entrance to the prison is enough to be unappetizing in the castle (without such a "front shop and back factory"), and the dungeon is full of prisoners who only enter and can't leave, so let's put it in the courtyard.

It is said to be a dungeon, but it is actually a shaft that goes straight up and down, and there is a thinner well in the middle of the well, and the deep well in the middle leads to the underground river. According to the introduction of "Ninety-Three Years", the prisoners were sent to this dungeon by rope and thrown into it every day. If the prisoner accidentally falls into the middle well, he will be completely overwhelmed.

Sister Linda is a bit hypocritical. In An Qingju's eyes, the good thing about the book "Bring a Book to Paris" is that it uses scenic spots to string together history, so that objects in three-dimensional space add one-dimensional time introduction, making travel more interesting.

There are a bunch of sighs in that book, what kind of dark and bloody and cruel medieval is, in fact, it is not necessary, justice is at ease in the hearts of the people. This kind of dungeon that only enters and can't get out is actually common in movies, such as in the Batman series "The Dark Knight Rises", Batman was also locked in a similar place, and finally managed to escape.

When An Qingju and An Chuyu booked a room on booking, they looked at the above introduction and said that the Latouanne where An Qingju and An Chuyu were going to live today was a castle, and I thought it was a "castle-style" accommodation, but I didn't expect this to be a seventeenth-century castle, called Chateaulatouanne.

First of all, you can see the difference from the road, GPS points to this place only the road name, no house number. The car drove in and found that this road was Latouanne's private road at all, it was very long, and at the end of the road was the castle of Chateaulatouanne, where An Qingju and An Chuyu met:

The car drove to the private parking lot on the side, and the owner was already waiting for An Qingju and An to meet for the first time. The owner of the house, according to himself, is also a doorman + maintenance worker + cook, and inherited this residence from his ancestors. The ancestors were nobles, there were portraits of Napoleon in the castle, and there were people who were generals beside Napoleon.

The whole castle is completely similar to the castles that An Qingju and An Chuyu visited before, there are assembly rooms, there are exhibition rooms, everything is old, 18th century billiard table, 17th century floor...... There are also embroidered antique genealogies on the walls of the stairs, and the owner has a great sense of humor, saying that if his name is in this genealogy, it will have to be embroidered on the ground.

The photo on the left is not a formal dining room, but a breakfast room: the room where An Qingju and An first met is also a renovated old house, but with modern heating and bathroom, and the room still has real ancestral oil paintings, as well as an old marble fireplace. The travelogue was introduced in the previous one, and the photos will no longer be posted here.

After dinner, An Qingju and An Chuyu came back and wanted to walk around the castle casually, but they didn't expect to be startled when they left, the original introduction on the booking said that there was a "pool and garden", but it was not accurate, it should be called the castle territory more appropriately. In the eyes of An Qingju and An Chuyu, these two groundhogs, this territory is really big!

An Qingju and An Chuyu walked for nearly an hour, through the dense forest, along the river, and saw wild birds flying away, there were walls around the territory, and there were docks, watchtowers and the like in the depths of the territory. The owner also provided a map of the tour in case you get lost:

I heard that An Qingju and An Churan lived in a real castle for the first time, and the owner also said "itmustbeabigdaytoyou" - it is estimated that the French themselves do not think that there is anything unusual about living in a castle. But Ann's first encounter really didn't expect to live in a real castle. Of course, it's remote enough, there is no broadband here, and the Internet access is by satellite, which is very slow.

An Qingju and An Chuyu also met a Hong Kong beauty in the castle, who was working and traveling in France, and helped to change residence in this castle, and chatted with An Qingju and An Chuyu for a while. Hong Kong Meimei said that she has almost never met Chinese people here, and she is very happy to meet her old acquaintances in another country.

In addition to the owner and Hong Kong cuties can communicate with An Qingju and An Chuyu, the other people here basically don't speak English, it's okay to say hello, and it is estimated that they can understand English, but they always reply in French.

There is also an elderly couple from Australia who live in the same castle, which can be regarded as being able to chat with An Qingju and An for the first time. Those two also don't know a word of French, and they are estimated to be suffocated after living here for a few days, standing on the side of the road and chatting with An Qingju and An for the first time, from French pronunciation to itinerary planning, that is to treat all English speakers as fellow countrymen.

Dinner was eaten in Meung-sur-Loire, just next to the Murn Castle visited by An Qingju and An Chuyu, recommended by the owner of the residence where An Chuyu lived, Cafedeerce, although it was also counted on the edge of the castle, the main people who came to dine were locals, there was no English sentence on the menu, and the waiter would say "yes, sure, OK", and everyone else relied on the analogy.

Of course, the French menu at this time was already difficult to help An Qingju, just staring at the words he knew and guessing that it was beef, chicken, duck, and fish. It's really good, the roast duck leg and steak are very good, the steak is the kind of large meat pieces skewered with iron skewers into BBQ style, just French mustard in a small porcelain jar.

The duck legs are rotten in the mouth, and even the baked potatoes are very fragrant, and there is no ambiguity at all. It seems that the dishes cooked for the locals are different: compared to An Qingju and An Qingju and An first met Faint for breakfast.

On the first day, the owner asked An Qingju and An Chuyu what time they would like to have breakfast in the morning, this is a problem that will be encountered in B&B accommodation, An Qingju and An Chuyu said 8 o'clock. Then the owner asked An Chu how many eggs would take "a few minutes", which made An Qingju and An Chu faint, what is this?

An Qingju thought that the book always said that the perfect French breakfast egg is "three minutes", so she said "threeminutes", and the owner was really happy to answer "perfect". The next day, for breakfast, I saw the "three-minute egg" that An Qingju and An first met, which turned out to be an egg that had just been boiled for three minutes, and was served in a delicate small silver cup.

Classic French breakfast, but unfortunately these three minutes of eggs are basically raw, is it good? But let's be honest, this French breakfast is really exquisite. r1152

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