短暂观光摩纳哥国 A Trip to Monaco

某人说有几个旅游小记太长了，所以今天会分成两个写。

Someone complained that the blogs are too long, so I will write today’s in two parts.

早上起来，外面阳光明媚，按计划去摩纳哥国溜达一圈。去那里非常方便，有直达的公交车和火车，火车每半个小时一趟，每张票4.2欧元，车程大概30分钟左右。以前从来没有关注过这个国家，去那里之前google了一下，才知道摩纳哥国是世界上国土面积第二小的国家，只有大概2.1 平方公里，还没有美国纽约的中央公园大呢。第一小的是2018年时去过的梵蒂冈。除了南部面朝地中海之外，摩洛哥全国其他三面都被法国包围。国家的主要收入来源于著名的蒙特卡洛赌场以及旅游观光业。每年的一级方程式赛车摩纳哥大奖赛也在这里举行。还看到有人说这里有世界上最贵的房子，大概每平方米价值168万美元！当然还有一个不能不说的是摩纳哥不向公民征收个人所得税，所以有避税天堂之称。

When we woke up in the morning, it was sunny outside, and we started our trek to Monaco as planned. It was very convenient to get there. There are direct buses and trains. The trains run every half an hour, and each ticket costs 4.2 euros and the journey takes about 30 minutes. I have never paid much attention to this country before, and so I googled it before going to find that Monaco is the second smallest country in the world, only about 2.1 square kilometers, not even as big as Central Park in New York! The number one smallest country is the Vatican which we visited in 2018. Monaco is surrounded by France on three sides and on the south by the Mediterranean Sea. The country’s main income is from the famous Monte Carlo Casino and tourism. The annual Formula One Monaco Grand Prix is also held here. I also saw someone say that some of the real estate is the most expensive in the world, about 1.68 million USD per square meter! Of course, it should also be pointed out that Monaco does not have any personal income tax, so it is known as a tax haven.

在摩纳哥逛了一个多小时，发现这里的山坡好多啊，走了一会儿就累了，而且有很多为了比赛临时安装的隔离之类的，我俩很快就失去了在这里继续逛的兴趣，吃了午饭，便坐火车去了尼斯旁边的一个小镇，中文翻译过来叫滨海自由城， 会在下一篇记录。

After walking around in Monaco for more than an hour, we experienced many of the hillsides. We quickly grew tired of Monaco and we had a lost interest in continuing to look around. After lunch, we took the train to a small town next to Nice. The town translates to Coastal Liberty City (but the name is Villefranche Sur-Mer), which will be detailed next.