These days I enjoyed a hearty French country breakfast: there is a French cake baked by the boss's wife; there is also a yogurt made by the boss's wife - it is so delicious, very thick and sour, much better than the yak yogurt eaten by An Qingju and An Chuyu in Tibet; there is also a jam made by the boss's wife's fruits in the yard - the jam of the fig is really sweet!

I have made a lot of strategies for myself, but sometimes it is not as effective as a suggestion from the locals. This shows that there are so many benefits to communicating. An Qingju and An Chuyu plan to go to Chenonceaux Castle today (very close to where An Chuyu lived).

Inquired with the boss's wife, Ma Rie suggested that An Qingju and An Chu go to Chenonceaux in the morning, which is only 18 kilometers away from here and arrive in a while, so that they can avoid the crowds of large-scale visits.

For lunch, An Qingju and An Chuyu went to a restaurant in Chenonceaux Castle Garden. She said that it would definitely be worth the trip to eat lunch here. After a break in the afternoon, you can go to Ambois to see Ambois Castle in Ambois. As it turns out, it is a good route.

An Qingju and An Chu met two people lazy, and after breakfast, they shamelessly came back to the scene and set off until 10:30. They arrived in Chenonceaux in half an hour, but fortunately there were not many people here - and later they found out, the large group of people arrived around noon.

The tickets for the castle visit are 12.5 euros per person, which is the most expensive of all castle visits. After entering, follow the boss's suggestion, go straight to the L’orange Japanese restaurant (now known. It is called "Orange Restaurant"), hold the name of the restaurant written by the boss's wife to help An Qingju and An Chuyu find the place, and book directly to the dining at 1 pm.

Then I came back and visited the Shenonso Castle carefully. There is no need to carry heavy travel books to visit the Shenonso Castle. In fact, among the castles where An Qingju and An Chuyu bought tickets, all the more famous castles provided free introductions and descriptions in simplified Chinese characters. The history (gospel), architectural style, key points of the visit are all explained in detail.

It is indeed beautiful and charming, and deserves to be known as "women's castle". The overall style is feminine. Basically, people who are preparing to visit this castle know that Henry II's wife and mistress are jealous of this castle. However, the colorful brochure does not introduce how this castle came from:

The first text of this castle is found in the 11th century, and belonged to a local lord. Later, the lord of this castle was rebelled and burned out and later rebuilt. But that was not what it is now. By the end of the 15th century, the city lord was heavily in debt and sold the castle to Thomas Pohier, the Chancellor of the Chancellor of Charles VIII at a low price.

The rich minister completely renovated the castle, but in fact he was responsible for supervising the construction, designing the minister's wife and daughter. Therefore, the design of the castle is very feminine. However, at the beginning, the castle did not have the long corridor across the cher river behind, but it just reached into the water - but it was already very beautiful.

Not long after the Chancellor of the Finance Department built the house, he was framed and destroyed by the king. He had to give the castle to the king - François I (privately), so the castle became royal property.

Later, François I died, and his son Henry II (note that this time it was King of Dharma, not King Henry II of England; to be honest, would Europeans give these names?) took over the property and gave the castle directly to his favorite concubine Dianedepoitiers.

Later, after Henry II died, his wife, the famous Catherine de Medici, drove the favored concubine to Chaumont-sur-loire Castle. She lived here while dealing with political affairs and constructed a large-scale water corridor that An Qingju and An Chuyu saw later.

Later, the castle was no longer owned by the royal family, and the owner of the French Revolution was Mrs. Louis DuPont. Later, during World War II, the castle was owned by the Menier family, known as the Chocolate Kingdom. Ms. Simone Menier, as the head nurse, transformed it into a field hospital and a member of the Protection and Resistance Organization.

The castle was originally designed and built by women, and the famous owner was also women. This is the origin of the name "the castle built by women for women". However, many fireplaces and wall decorations of the castle left traces of war between women.

Especially the famous Catherine de Medici, as the wife of Henry II, she never made any troubles when her husband was alive. She was so awesome when her husband died.

First, I bombarded my husband's mistress away (this is completely understandable), and then built a lot of construction in the mistress's castle, using the letter "h" of my husband and the initial letter "c" to decorate the room.

At the same time, this Medici was also the mother of the three next Dharma kings (François II, Charles IX and Henry III), who was good at using poison, medicine and poisonous tricks. It was she who instigated her son Charles IX to launch the Night of St. Bartholomew, which killed thousands of Huguenot believers overnight.

Those who like it can learn about this history and sit in this woman's castle to experience it.

Let’s summarize the visiting ideas. Let’s talk about the castle first. The castle is divided into two parts: the main body and the water corridor. The main body is on the shore, and there are rooms in it - it seems that each hostess has its own room. There are many "salon" rooms, which are filled with collections. - An Qingju is not very excited to see the castle part.

What impressed An Qingju was the water corridor part, which was the masterpiece of Henry II's wife. Let's talk about one floor first, and the other floor is a kitchen lying directly on the water, which can be said to be everything. In addition, women should entertain admirers and keep their stomachs.

Besides, during the French Revolution, the DuPont Madam established the Chenonso Salon here. Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu all came here to talk about their thoughts, so the hostess naturally wanted to entertain them.

There are also special hinge facilities in the kitchen that extend out from the window to the river surface. Farmers hang up grain, meat, fruits and vegetables from the river surface and cook in these kitchens. There are countless copper pots in the kitchen, so old people have seen it.

The second floor is a super long dance hall, lying across the river. The light is excellent. The ground is black and white square bricks, and there is a soft couch to rest under each long window. Just imagine how wonderful the dance was. However, its legend is more than that. During World War I, Menier of the Chocolate Kingdom transformed Chenonso into a hospital.

During World War II, the Scher River was a dividing line, and the entrance to the castle was in the occupied area. The south gate of the corridor led to the free area, which is Vichy France. So many people walked from here with the help of the resistance organization. Although the Germans were reluctant to give up on the beautiful French art, they were always unhappy to see someone escaping under their noses.

During the entire war, a German artillery company was standing by the side of Chenonso and ready to "bearable" to blow up this beautiful hall: for An Qingju and An Chuyu, the castle is beautiful and the courtyard is beautiful. However, the French dinner is even more attractive! At almost 1 o'clock, the two couldn't wait to go straight to the l'orange Japanese restaurant that An Qingju and An Chuyu booked.

The restaurant l’orange is very large and elegant. If you don’t make a reservation, you may only be able to wait outside. The restaurant is really considerate. The restaurant is very elegant. Guests who have booked are sitting in the glass flower hall outside the main hall of the restaurant. The light is excellent. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass, you can see the green courtyard outside.

At this moment, An Qingju and An Chuyu were not very familiar with the menu of French food, and they still needed to try it many times before they could gradually find out the way. This time the two ordered two set meals respectively, which included four dishes: appetizer, main course, chee color, and dessert.

The knife and fork on the table are arranged separately according to four meals, and use it in this way: the outermost one is the appetizer, and then the main course. The chee color is made with the knife and fork on top and the dessert spoon is placed separately.

An Chuyu’s set meal is as follows: the appetizer is duck meat, the main dish is red wine pork, and the dessert is dailydelight, which is the chef’s recommendation that day - a dessert made based on the chef’s mood: An Qingju’s set meal is as follows: the appetizer is pork puree, the main dish is stewed with chicken legs, and the dessert is ice cream.

After a meal, I thought it was like French cuisine. It was quite exquisite and delicious. In addition, the amount of dishes was still very large - really. What I couldn't accept was the chee color. It is said that France has its own most proud chee color in the local area. The chee color here is a kind of roasted goat cheese, which is eaten with lettuce and crispy bread.

There is this chee color in each set meal, which is obviously the main dish. Just as foreigners can't stand the stinky tofu and pineapple of Chinese people, it will be painful to eat authentic chee color. After entering it, the food in An Qingju's stomach began to roll up and down like coming back and forth. The taste was really... I gritted my teeth and ate a piece, and An Chuyu killed the latter.

Chee color is a very heavy food. If you eat it like this at noon, you can't eat dinner anyway. An Qingju and An Chuhui have spent today's supper during digestion.

The two spent nearly 70 euros on this meal at noon. I personally think it is worth it. It is definitely not the price in Paris, and the food is indeed very fresh and exquisite.

After eating too much lunch, the two of them came out of the Shenonso and took a nap. They set off again in the afternoon at 5:30, so they went to the supermarket to refuel, bought some tomatoes and ate them as fruits and vegetables at night.

Although it was 5:30, the sun was so high that it made people think it was only 2:00. So even though I had a full sleep, I didn’t feel it was delayed at all - this is probably the benefit of traveling in Europe in summer.

According to the previous plan, the two of them crossed the river again to Amboise City. This is a small town built along the Loire River. The walls of Amboise Castle happened to be by the river and looked very grand.

There are two famous places in this castle and the monuments around the castle. One is that this castle is the birthplace of Charles VIII.

He was the last direct monarch of the Valois dynasty in France. Later, he was his relative Louis XII ascended the throne. Louis XII was at least Charles VIII's cousin, and there were no cousins ​​below. He directly gave the throne to his son-in-law, which was later François I.

(In a gossip, Louis XII and Charles VIII were the same person: Anna of Brittany.) No matter what, Charles VIII had deep feelings for her birthplace and has been building this castle since she succeeded to the throne.

His heirs, François I, have successively expanded the Amboise Castle, which has made this castle combine defensiveness and artisticity.

Since the era of Charles VIII, France has been conquering Italy, which has also made France gradually become obsessed with Italian Renaissance art. When François I was directly promoting the Renaissance in all aspects of French architecture, painting, and sculpture, which also gave the French king the title of "the founder of the Renaissance in France".

This is the second famous place of Amboise: it became the place where Leonardo da Vinci lived and buried in his later years. François I brought Da Vinci from Italy, and it was in Amboise that he gave him the residence of Da Vinci.

My parents probably knew about this, and in return, Leonardo da Vinci brought François I from Italy his most famous painting: Mona Lisa - this is also the first collection in the Louvre.

The ticket to Ambois Castle is 10.7 euros per person. After buying the ticket, you will walk along the road below. The building facing An Qingju and An Chuyu is a very exquisite white church. Leonardo da Vinci is buried here:

An Qingju and An Chuyun learned from Linda's book "Take a Book to Paris" that this is the burial place of Leonardo. It is estimated that not many people actually know it, and there are only two explanations in the travel book. Leonardo da Vinci's tomb is embedded on the ground, and there is a black Leonardo da Vinci marble relief on the ground in a corner of the church. It's here.

The church itself is the castle's king's private church, with complex animals and plants carved on the eaves, which are very beautiful.

A deep impression of visiting Amboise is its spaciousness. First of all, the castle is built by the river, with a very wide view, and you can see it all the way.

The second castle is mainly white and very high, which looks bright against the blue sky. The third is that the castle is built on a high slope and has a defensive effect. In order to allow the carriage to go directly to the top of the castle, all the ramps are built particularly wide, so you can run a carriage directly:

Perhaps because of the refreshing feeling after a long nap, I was so happy that I walked around the Castle of Ambois, bathed in the sun, blue sky and rolling white clouds, and looked at the Loire:

After leaving the castle, I walked along the ancient streets of Amboise and reached the last residence of Leonardo da Vinci before his death. It is said that many Leonardo da Vinci's designs were restored according to the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, such as windmills, aircraft, etc. I didn't expect it to close. Yes, it was almost 8 o'clock! I went home.

After breakfast, the two of them visited this small town called pocésurcis. The long stay was good, so you can visit these towns at will. Opposite An Qingju and An Chuyu lived was a publicpark. It was very large, with a vast lawn, very thick and ancient pine trees, and there was a castle. It was guessed that it should be the castle of Mr. Pocé.

After a walk, An Chuyu came back and slept for a luxurious sleep. He didn't take it out until 11 o'clock. Today's first destination is not a castle, but Tours. It's not for sightseeing, but for a Chinese meal. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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