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Below is the castle that An Qingju and An first met and only looked at from afar and did not go in to visit. Pen %Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info upper left is the Château de Chinon, in the middle left is the Château of Langeais, and in the lower left is the Château d'Azay-le-Rideau; On the upper right is the Château d'Usse and on the lower right is the Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire:

By the way, the French cuisine of the Loire Valley is very good, and it is worth trying. And the high-end French food here is much cheaper than Paris. After the summary, let's seriously recall the various journeys of An Qingju and An Qingju's first encounter.

The ancient name of the Angers was Anjou, which has the historical cause of the Hundred Years' War. England and France in the Middle Ages couldn't tell enough about those things, what a headache!

Angers is the birthplace of the Anjou family. The Counts of Anjou (early 12th century) were at first lords loyal to the King of France, and became King of England by in-law. There are more gossip and more gossip (but it is a historical fact).

At that time, the king of France was Louis VII, who married Eleanor, the daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine (southwest France), but he never had children, and Louis VII's crusade spent a lot of money and did not rob anything, so the two divorced after many contradictions. Eleanor was very good, and immediately took her fief (that is, Aquitaine) and remarried Henry, Count of Anjou.

The mother of the Count of Anjou is Matilda, the daughter of King Henry I of England (of course, the old Count of Anjou), after the death of Henry I, this woman is also very powerful, and she is stunned to win the inheritance of her son to the King of England, which is Henry II. Summary: The Count of Anjou, the ex-wife of King Louis VII of France, became King Henry II of England.

As a result, Britain and France have formed a bond, and everyone can make up for it by themselves. See the relationship between Nicholas Tse and Li Yapeng.

The Plantagenet Dynasty, which ruled England for 300 years from the 12th to the 15th centuries, was actually the Anjou family "winning glory for the country" in England. Henry II ascended the throne of England, and the royal title could not continue to use "Anjou", after all, this was a "French brand", so he borrowed his father's nickname "Plantagenet" as the title in England.

In this way, Henry II was Henry, Count of Anjou, in France. In France, it was Henry II of the Plantagenet dynasty. Let's not talk about the glory of the people, after ruling for a while, the Anjou family really regarded themselves as British, which means that both sides of the strait are all-inclusive, in front of the king of the British, occupying the place of the French.

Later, in the 14th century, the king quit and let him leave quickly. The Anjou family, squatting on the French side, surrendered. He was canonized as the Duke of Anjou, which was officially included in French administration.

But the Anru family on the north side of the strait is not relenting, isn't this a Hundred Years War (An Qingju suddenly realized after summing it up: It turned out that this is how the Hundred Years War was made!!) ）。

Angers is the hometown of the Anjou family in France, and the Château de Angers, where An Qingju and Ann first met to see, was the hometown of the Count of Anjou at the earliest. It was built at the beginning of the 13th century, when the Anjou family was prosperous.

In the 14th century, during the Hundred Years' War, Louis I, the youngest son of reigning King John II of France, was made Duke of Anjou (and a complicated in-law), and Louis I renovated and expanded the Château d'Angers here. Make it very defensive. Every tower at that time was a spire.

Later in the 16th century, Catherine? Morality? Medici (that is again the legendary woman of a legendary family.) Wife of King Henry II of France) was rebuilt, and then the tower was changed to its current flat-roofed style in order to enlarge the cannon:

In fact, when An Qingju and An first met Ange, they really knew this history speciously, and it was because they stood on this land with their feet that suddenly their thinking became clear, and with the encouragement of the powerful perceptual understanding in their minds, they seriously put the abstract term Ange into the four-dimensional space to study it.

A visit to the Château d'Angers is 8.5 euros per person. Provide a one-page Chinese introduction, An Qingju and An Chuyu walked in in a daze, and walked around in a daze compared to the Chinese introduction. To tell the truth, when it came to Angers, An Qingju was basically confused. It wasn't until I put pen to paper today that my brain came to my senses.

Inside the castle of Angers, you can see the changing sand table model of the castle after three stages: new construction, expansion and reconstruction, as well as a 3D display description (no Chinese introduction, you can see English). It is worth visiting the top of the castle with a wide view; There is also the French gardening restored in the ancient style in the center of the castle, although it is not large, but it is also chic:

In addition, the Château d'Angers is most admired for looking at a set of tapestries called the Book of Revelation. This was made by Louis I (the first person to be crowned Duke of Anjou). There were six tapestries, each 6 meters high and 23 meters long, and it took seven years to weave – quite fast for the craftsmanship of the time.

This tapestry depicts scenes of heaven and earth, mainly for preaching, roughly saying that you must do what is right, or you will go to hell and so on. However, because of the fear of light damaging the fiber, the hall where the tapestry is displayed is very dark, and the story is not as vivid as the Bayo tapestry**, and there is no Chinese tour guide, An Qingju and An Chuyu hastily walked around and retreated.

I found two tapestries from the Internet, and the dim and dark one is this one (the photo was found from the Internet, and it is not allowed to be photographed inside), which is still very delicate in the Middle Ages; But the story is really unappealing, too didactic: the castle of Angers is in the old town, and it was almost bombed in World War II, so the outside of the castle is a newly built city.

Driving all the way, An Qingju was a little dizzy and rested in the parking lot for a while. This found one of the benefits of Sundays: even the parking lot was closed and free.

After settling on the banks of the Loire and leaving Angers, An Qingju and An Chuyu went south to the Loire, and the car drove along the Loire.

Looking at the spacious river surface and the clouds rushing and tumbling on the horizon, the mood is brightened! This tumbling cloud always reminds An Qingju of the clouds in those romantic landscape paintings in France. The clouds painted by others are actually realistic, and people who live in cities like ours can only make up them:

The road along the Loire is quite wide, and there are parking lots for cars to rest and picnic every few distances. There are usually steps down the embankment from the parking lot, and sometimes you can see locals playing on the embankment.

After crossing the Loire River and heading south to the Vienne, a tributary of the Loire, An Qingju and An Chuyu soon saw the Château of Chinon on the other side of the river. The castle is unremarkable, neither grand nor ornate, just guarding the banks of the Loire. It's a bit of a fortress. glanced at the person from a distance and left.

Turning back to the Loire, this time on the south bank of the Loire, under the guidance of GPS, An Qingju and An Chuyu passed through a large area of golden sunflower fields, and finally found the Château de Chateaud'Usse. This castle is hidden in a forest on the south bank of the Loire River, and it is estimated that it can be reached by car, which is quite remote.

It is also composed of walls and castles, although the castle itself is the main body, and the defensive function of the walls is less obvious. What this castle is famous for is that it was given to Charlie? Inspired by Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty Castle", it is simply called "Sleeping Beauty Castle" by tourists. There is a wax figure of the Sleeping Beauty scene inside - it attracts tourists.

It was already past six o'clock. Although the sky looked like it was just after noon, the stomach faithfully reminded An Qingju and An that it was time for dinner when they first met.

An Qingju circled around the fence twice, but finally didn't bother to go in. As the car turned back and left the Château d'Usse, it was discovered from the inverted mirror that the best place to view the castle was on a straight country road outside the castle:

The day was basically spent in the car: looking for gas stations, parking lots, toilets, and mentally tired. It wasn't until almost 7 o'clock that I arrived at the residence where An Qingju and An Chuyu.

It was in a small and quiet village called Pocesurcisse, 6 km outside the town of Amboise. It's also quite old, and some of the small shops look like they serve the locals. The face of the door looks like a set from an old movie.

It reminded An Qingju and An Chuyu of the village offices and cooperatives they saw in remote villages in China. The B&B that An Qingju and An Chuyu booked was a winery before, with a large slope behind it, and inside the slope is a wine cellar; The top of the slope has been cleverly converted into a parking lot for guests.

Because it was very comfortable to stay in the Japanese sister's house in Pocesurcisse the day before, it was inevitable to be picky when you came to Pocesurcisse's house. The first reason for being picky is that the home in the house is relatively simple, and the feeling of home is weak; Second, there are few electrical facilities, no refrigerator, electric kettle, and no TV. And the hostess is not allowed to cook or heat up food in the house.

In fact, looking at this room now, it is very good to be serious: after settling down, I will hurry up to worship the Five Organs Temple. It's Sunday again! Marie, the proprietress said that none of the restaurants in the village were open, and that you had to go to the old town of Amboise to eat - only the tourist area was open on Sundays. All right.

Two hungry fellows got in the car and crossed the Loire into Amboise, where there were quite a few restaurants. I found a random Italian restaurant and ate steak. Then there's pizza; When I ordered a drink, I tried a local drink in France: orangina, which is an orange peel soda, which tastes a little surprising, like a fresh orange with steam:

By the way, An Qingju never thought that he had the possibility of eating the whole Pi An First Encounter A, after all, Pizza Hut's Pi An First Encounter A is too huge, and the pie crust is thick.

In France, An Qingju and An Chuyu did not encounter Pi An Chuyu A with a thick pie crust - it is estimated that no, all Pi An Chuyu A is actually a pancake with a filling on it, spread on a plate with a diameter of about 30 cm, and there are no cut marks, and you have to solve it with a knife and fork.

However, I have to admit that even the Pian Chuyu A, which is sold to foreigners in the tourist area, tastes quite good. As for the steak, it's okay, it's good to fry well, but you have to add salt, pepper and mustard to make it more delicious. (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 "Add Friends", search for the official account "dd" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued.) )

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