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It was already past eight o'clock when I walked back to the room again, and I was surprised to find that the sun was still hanging high, and there was no intention of setting at all. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info This kind of scene runs through the whole journey of An Qingju and An Chuyu in France, seeing the night has become a luxury, and An Qingju and An Chuyu have basically never seen the dark.

It wasn't until 11 p.m. that it was getting dark, and at 5 a.m. it was bright again. It's confusing, what the hell is going on with the time zone here?

This has the added benefit of not having to worry about driving at night for self-driving drivers. Lesson 1: The countryside is so quiet, even if the sun always reluctantly sets, An Qingju and An slept well on the night of their first encounter.

A hearty breakfast was already waiting in the courtyard for An Qingju and An to meet for the first time. An Qingju and An Chuyu noticed that only An Qingju and An Chuyu were staying with one guest today. The owner of the house is a talkative middle-aged man, who enthusiastically fried eggs for An Qingju and An Chuyu, and sat down to chat with An Qingju and An Chuyu.

An Qingju and An first met and learned that he had worked in Paris in his early years, and later bought it and settled here. "There are a lot of people in Limetz who actually work in Paris, but live here and take the train to work in the city every day. Life in the countryside is much more relaxing. "This is the explanation of the homeowner.

An Qingju finally couldn't help but ask why the village here was so quiet. This is a question of what to say, because "this is France, the villages are so quiet." ”

When it comes to "window panels", the homeowner said that people in northern France are more conservative, because there have been many wars and invasions in history, and it has become a tradition for every household to install window panels. There is a psychological effect of self-safety and protection for the first time. "But in the end, they were able to protect nothing." Final rating from the homeowner.

An Qingju and An Chuyu introduced their itinerary plan in France, and mentioned that An Qingju and An Chuyu came here to relive the dream of revisiting the escape road of their favorite French movie "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth". But An Qingju and An Chuyu really don't know what to say in French (lagrandevadrouille) in this movie.

An Qingju then explained that it was "a story about two Frenchmen who helped three British pilots flee to the south during World War II, a comedy, and one of the two Frenchmen was an actor named Louis de Fenes, playing a conductor". The owner immediately knew which movie An Qingju and An Churan were talking about.

He said that the film was really famous in France in the 60s and 70s, and some people still like it today. An Qingju and An Chuyu also talked about a lot of things, such as how to pay on the highway, how to buy tickets on the subway, and how to prevent thieves from stealing things in Paris.

The owner really knew everything, and reassured An Qingju and An Chuyu, saying that except for Paris, where you need to pay attention to money (don't look like you have money everywhere), the rest of France is actually very safe. -- He was absolutely right.

I have to lay a foreshadowing here, that is, An Qingju and An first met to discover the place names of France, which is simply maddening. French place names are pronounced according to the custom of English pronunciation. No French knew where it was - except Paris.

When communicating with the homeowner, An Qingju and An Chuyu mentioned a place to go to beaune, An Qingju and An Chuyu tried a variety of pronunciations, and the homeowner was still confused. Its correct pronunciation was not finally known until An Qingju and An Chu met Troyes and wrote down their names.

The first lesson of An Qingju and An Qingju's first encounter: If you want to ask for directions in France, it is best to write out the place name for the other party to see, because no one can understand the pronunciation you pronounce according to English.

Example: Dijon. Written as "Dijon" in Chinese, a famous French city, right? Do you try to pronounce it? The French pronunciation is actually similar to "Di Jean (Shang)". The pronunciation of jon at the end is between "let" and "shang". Really scratching my head.

In fact, today is the first day of my trip to France. After the suggestion of An Qingju and An Chuyu's homeowner at Limetz B&B, An Qingju and An Chuyu adjusted their itinerary appropriately. Today's accommodation is in Bayeux (Bayuex), about 260 km by car from An Qingju and An Chuyu:

Limetz>> Giverny Giveny (see Monet's Gardens>>), Lesandley Lesandély (see some castle ruins>>), Rouen (visit the martyrdom site of Joan of Arc), >> Honfleur (see the fishing village of northern France) >> Bayeux (see the Normandy landing beaches and Bayeux tapestries).

The key words left in An Qingju's heart for this part of the journey are: Monet's lotus pond, Joan of Arc, Normandy landing, and. William the Conqueror.

The Monet Gardens of GivernyGiverny are located on the edge of Normandy, near Île-de-France. It was originally just an ordinary and quiet town, but it became famous because Monet spent his old age here. Of course, even with such a celebrity, the town is quiet. Only except for the area of Monet's former residence.

Monet's house opens at 9:30 a.m. The homeowner's advice is to be sure to arrive early, otherwise you will have to wait in a long queue. That's true. An Qingju and An Chuyu arrived there at nine o'clock, and there were already people waiting at the door. By the time the doors opened at half-past nine, the line was already as long as this:

It was said that the door would open at 9:30, but the ticket sales did not start until 9:40. There are already American tourists who are ridiculing: the Germans have the most accurate concept of time when they travel to Europe, the French have about 15 minutes of error, and if you go to Italy, hey, it's not surprising to say that the door opens at 9:30 and goes in at half past ten! I don't know if it's true or not, but what I saw today is true.

This is Monet's lotus pond: everyone should forgive Ann for not being so "impressed" by the photo of her first encounter. First of all, the best time to shoot at the water's edge is early in the morning or late afternoon, this Monet garden only opens at 9:30 in the morning and closes at 6 pm.

Second, An Qingju and An Chuyu thought that they were the first people to go in, but they didn't expect that as soon as they entered, there were already people gathered around this small pond, and there was originally an entrance from the "Giverny Impressionist Art Museum", and anyone who bought these two joint tickets could enter early from that entrance.

It's just 10 o'clock in the morning, and everyone is already lining up to take pictures on the famous small wooden bridge. An Qingju and An Churan didn't join in the excitement. I only pinched a few photos of the lake that was definitely not standing:

I heard from a classmate I met for the first time that when taking pictures, extend the exposure time when taking pictures, and then "Parkinson's" when pressing the shutter, you can shoot Monet's impressionistic effect, and I tried it twice, but it was not good. However, in the later stage, it will be "blurred" in the "Light and Shadow Magic Hand". There is also a little bit of meaning:

This little pond, if it weren't for the backdrop of such a masterpiece, really has no charm. "When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven" is probably what is said.

After all, they have just come to France, and the two of them have not completely switched their heads to the mode of "travel cleverness", and they are still leisurely looking for a place to take selfies, but they don't know that the team has already flocked to the real protagonist in "Monet's House": the former residence. When An Qingju and An Chuyu finally reacted, and when they walked towards their former residence, they found that the leader of the team had completely made An Qingju and An Chuyu lose interest.

The heart says the former residence. It's not just the owner's room, living room, putting some photos, painting reproductions, or portrait models to illustrate the living situation. Let's not join in the fun.

However, there is still a nice garden in Monet's house, where many young people (An Chuyu seems to be volunteers) carefully maintain all kinds of flowers here.

An Qingju and An Chuyu began to gradually learn French gardening from here, and it seems that there are many "green fingers" in France, and the flowers in every place can be matched beautifully. Whether it is color or plant demeanor, it can always reveal that noble and pleasant style.

Of course. Later, after An Qingju and An first met and went to the Loire Valley to see the gardening in those castles, they found that in France, it is nothing to match a flower garden like a palette, and the noble French gardening is to make all the plants of a variety grow into one shape is enough. This is a later story, and I will show it later.

There was no queue to enter the Monet house. An Qingju and An Chuyu came out of sortie directly and came to this beautiful souvenir shop:

I have to nag a few more words here. All the attractions visited after An Qingju and An first met, gardens, castles, museums, former residences, etc., are designed in France (including Belgium) in this way: as soon as you enter the door, you can clearly see the tour route, and when you come back from a tour. The exit is always a souvenir shop.

Before each visitor enters the door, there is a lack of sensory awareness, once the visit is completed, the understanding of the physical object has an extra layer of understanding, and at this time come to the souvenir shop, which is the most emotional resonance of the place.

In addition, every souvenir shop where An Qingju and An Chuyu visited is not the same, and each tourist attraction has its own unique design style and souvenirs, which really attracts everyone to linger, even if it is to stop and admire, it is worth it to take this place as a part of the visit.

In the souvenir shop of Monet's garden, you can see a variety of souvenirs in the style of Monet's impressionist paintings, such as handbags and mugs, as well as seeds and sachets of flowers and plants in the courtyard.

After more than an hour of huddling in Monet's garden, the deepest impression left on An Qingju was actually a kind of color, that is, the color of Monet's paintings, no matter what kind of color, it naturally formed a harmony with the light under the Normandy sun.

This palette of colors, which can only be found in paintings, can be seen everywhere during Ann Qingju and Ann's first encounter with France, and finally settled in the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.

Finally, a few words of gossip, because of the language relationship, An Qingju and An Chuyu can only chat with English speakers. When Monet's garden was queuing, he met an American couple, and in the chat, he found that Chen Guangbiao was really famous, and even the elderly American couple knew him, calling him "the Chinese man who invented canned fresh air peddling", which really made people laugh and cry. (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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