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To be honest, the taste of raw oysters is not as scary as Mr. Bean described. First of all, it is very fresh, the mouth is very clear, smooth, cool, a bit chewy, in short, it is really delicious!

There are so many stewed green mouths in red wine! The pot with a diameter of about 30 cm, 20 cm deep, full of green mouths, and it is served with thick French fries. An Qingju has been working hard to eat, and An Chuyu also helped, but in the end it was still not finished.

The white wine is recommended by the waiter. It’s not so good to drink it in sip. It’s very dry (it’s what An Qingju and An Chuyu mentioned), but when paired with oysters, it’s a little sweet.

French seafood An Qingju and An Chuyu don’t know much, and they always have the alarm bell of “fear of diarrhea” in their hearts, so they can only share so much information. Friends with iron teeth and stomach should try it!

Fuger was the place where An Qingju and An Chuyu visited after leaving Pontorsson. From Fuger south, they left Brittany and went to the Loire Valley. In "In 1993", the last battle between Marquis of Rondenack and Viscount Guo Wen, the commander of the rebels of Wandai (also the nephew of Marquis of Rondenack), took place in Fuger.

The novel tells the story of Marquis of Rondenack and the remnants of the rebels retreating into the family's old bunker. It was a round tower with a foundation wall of fifteen feet thick, and the exit was a wall hole. The tower was connected to the high ground by a stone bridge, and there was a three-story castle on the pier.

An Qingju and An Chuyu drove to Fuger, and you can see it at a glance: at a glance, you can understand that this castle is a defensive castle. The castle is distributed in trapezoidal shape, with a wall of more than three meters thick. There are 13 other towers forming a perfect defense system.

Standing on the corner tower and tower, you can overlook or overlook the entire town of Foger. The best viewing location is on a park platform opposite it, and it looks even more gloomy on this rainy morning:

Today is Sunday. Until today, An Qingju and An Chuhui finally felt what "Sunday" means in France. It was really a day without any way to ask for help.

The shops are naturally not open, and the restaurants that entertain locals are not open (except for tourist attractions). Small supermarkets are not open, and large supermarkets are open for a long time. The saddest thing is to refuel, and there is no manual service at the gas station on Sunday.

This is really difficult for An Qingju and An Chuyu. The automatic refueling machine does not support the magnetic stripe credit cards and chip debit cards brought from China by An Qingju and An Chuyu (it is estimated that the chip credit cards are supported. However, An Qingju and An Chuyu did not apply for it), and there is no way to refuel without manual services.

Just reading the French words "Your credit card cannot be recognized" on the gas station. I met an old man at the gas station (it was difficult to meet people at the gas station on Sunday), and went up to ask in English, but they couldn't understand a single sentence. I patiently sprinkled French words to explain to An Qingju and An Chuyu. Unfortunately, An Qingju and An Chuyu didn't understand a French word.

(I guess the old man is talking about "southeast, southwest and northwest". Finally, An Qingju and An Chuyu came to a large supermarket that was not closed. They saw a gas station outside. An Chuyu ran to the supermarket and asked the little girl, the cashier, "I don't have a credit card, how can I get on."

The little girl listened to An Chuyu's English with curiosity. She quickly called another girl to listen. An Chuyu talked in English again, and the second girl called another boy, and finally understood An Chuyu's English. The young man was very kind and asked to swipe his credit card and ask An Chuyu to pay him cash, and then he got it done.

Lesson: You must fill up the gas before Sunday! After Fuger, for An Qingju and An Chuyun, he left Brittany. However, the "strange" that Brittany brought to An Qingju and An Chuyun (this word can only be used. It would be a bit derogatory if you say more). The breath of An Qingju and An Chuyun Lei was in an unknown small village near Renne.

I don’t know what the village is called, today is Sunday. It’s probably a weekly event. But there are a bunch of dummies standing in the small square outside the church. It’s not scary to set up dummies, these dummies are scary and look like zombies. It’s probably Murakami’s own craftsmanship.

There was also a sign under each dummy, which was used as an explanation in French, and he took a look at it. Some talked about what happened in the town, some talked about religious stories, and some introduced some characters in books.

No matter what it is, I always feel that these things are strange and stand next to the church in a village where no one sees them. It is creepy. After watching this scene for a long time, An Qingju could see that she was a bishop (or pope) and a butcher and three children.

Later, according to the French instructions outside the barrel, I searched the Internet and found that it was a story about Bishop St. Nicholas (actually the prototype of Santa Claus), saying that it was a butcher who killed three children. Later, St. Nicholas realized him and resurrected the three children. Is it bloody?

An Qingju and An Chuyu felt cold on the back of their necks. In broad daylight, they had goose bumps all over their bodies. An Qingju was so stupid that she left Fuger and left the strange village. An Qingju and An Chuyu officially entered the Loire Valley area.

People say that to fully appreciate the French style, you only need to go to two places, one is Paris and the other is the Loire Valley. In An Qingju's view, the Loire Valley is a bit like Henan compared to China compared to China.

When foreigners look at Chinese culture (note that it is culture but not civilization), it is considered Central Plains culture after all, and its birthplace is Henan; the French culture that An Qingju and An Chu met, which were seen by others, was the birthplace of the Loire Valley.

Strictly speaking, French history can only be traced back to 400 AD, and before that, they were ruled by the Roman Empire. After that, they experienced the Melovin dynasty, the Carolingian dynasty, and the Cape dynasty. But in the eyes of outsiders such as An Qingju and An Chu, how do you define French culture and "French style"?

Of course, this definition can be very broad, but the French style in the eyes of many people is composed of these keywords: exquisite, romantic, elegant gardens, complex architecture and decorative art, elegant artistic interests... If the same is true of our friends, then the Loire Valley is the birthplace of "French culture" composed of these keywords.

It was here that An Qingju and An Chuhui saw the French royal family that they are now seeing, and they also began to see castles decorated with golden lily flowers everywhere in the French royal family.

Before going to France, An Qingju and An first met, regarded the trip to the Loire Valley as an important stop in France, so they naturally had to do their homework. After reading the official website of the Loire Valley, they carefully read several travel guides and also dug up many people's travel notes online.

But the result is that I can't remember anything! I wonder if my relatives have the same feeling? I just can't remember what castle should be seen.

However, when An Qingju and An Chuyu returned from France, while writing this travel notes, An Qingju suddenly realized that she was really talking about the castles.

This is exactly in line with the old Chinese saying "It is better to travel thousands of miles than reading thousands of books." In fact, it is said more clearly in English: people learn best when they part of what theyare color eing. An Chuyu used "Schrödinger's wave function" to explain this matter.

Once you experience it yourself, come to a place in person. A person establishes a certain connection with the place, and the probability of your wave function being in this place is higher. When you see this place again on TV and newspapers, the images in your mind are completely different.

Humans are creatures that permeate the universe, not only in the physical domain, but also in the consciousness domain - this is what people say, "Live forever in An Qingju and An Chuyu's heart"...

Let’s talk about the route between An Qingju and An Chuyu: Take a look at the green dots on the picture. An Qingju and An Chuyu have been there, and they together form the castle group in the Loire Valley.

An Qingju and An Chuyu stayed in the Loire Valley for four nights, staying in one place three days (a village near the amboi se). On the last day, they lived in another place (a village near the meung-sur-loire).

The main things you can see in the Loire Valley are cities/towns + castles. Some cities are suitable for closer inspection, some towns are suitable for passing by; some castles are earth-shaking and worthy of appreciation, while others only need to see the appearance.

You can visit the city for free. If you visit each castle, you will need a ticket. Each castle can range from 6 to 12 euros. From a budget perspective, you don’t have to go in every castle. Just choose the most worthy of careful reading based on your own preferences.

Another thing: because of inconsistent transliteration, Chinese people who traveled to the Loire Valley for the first time would probably be completely confused by the different castle translations in different versions of the travel books.

For example, this famous castle chenonceaux. Some books are called Chenonceaux, and some are called Chenon Castle; unfortunately, it is very likely to be confused with the transliteration of the chinon Castle. It is translated as Chinon Castle in Chinese. For example, Champord Castle, some are called Champo Castle, and some are called Champo Castle...

When An Qingju wrote this travel notation, in order not to be confused, he would fix it into a Chinese transliteration and add a French name. In the table below, An Qingju listed all the castles and towns he visited in the order from west to east.

Because living in two places, I have to take some backward paths sometimes. However, An Chuyu and others have tried their best to plan and roughly divided all the visits into three sections (noted in the table): the first section is on the way to stay in the amboii color; the second section is around the amboii color; the third section is on the way to meung-sur-loire.

In the table, where you need to see what, where An Qingju and An Chuyu bought tickets and why they paid for it. They are all marked: Less gossip, use the pictures as evidence. The picture below is a few castles that An Qingju and An Chuyu paid seriously to visit. The courtyard of Villandry, Villandry, the upper left.
Chapter completed!