滨海自由城 Villefranche-sur-Mer

4月25日,星期日 April 25th, Sunday

离开了摩纳哥,坐火车来到了海滨自由城,坐落在摩纳哥和尼斯之间,坐火车只有4站地。滨海自由城的天然海湾是地中海所有港口之中最深的海港,可供各种船只包括大型船只安全停泊。这里也有尼斯的五颜六色的建筑,蔚蓝的地中海,但是又比尼斯安静了一些。小镇很小,逛了一会儿我俩决定不坐火车,步行回尼斯, 一共用时1个半小时左右,开始的一段时爬山,一共有大概四百多个阶梯,让我俩回想起了在意大利阿马尔菲海岸那次的攀山。 但是今天的天气要凉快很多,看不到某人大汗淋漓的场景啦, 哈哈。

After leaving Monaco, we took the train to Villefranche Sur-Mer, which is located between Monaco and Nice. It was four stops from Monaco. The natural bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer is the deepest of all the ports in the Mediterranean, where all kinds of ships, including large ones, can be safely moored. Although we never saw any really large ships.

There are also many similarly colorful buildings like Nice with the sparkling blue Mediterranean Sea, but this town is much quieter than Nice – the town is very small. After walking around for a bit, we decided to walk back to Nice rather than taking the train. The hike took about one and a half hours. In the beginning of the hike, there are over 400 steps which reminded us of the hike in Amalfi cost we did during our 2018 trip. But the temperature today is much cooler, so don’t expect someone to sweat profusely, LoL.

小镇里的沿海大道 The road in the town along the sea
滨海自由城明信片景色 Postcard view of the town
百分百电动的公交车 100% electric bus
居民晾的衣服 Residents drying their clothes
一个很惬意的休息区 a cosy resting spot
爬山的开始点,请特意看一下PJG身后的台阶 The starting point of our steep climb up, please take a note at the rising steps behind PJG
更多的台阶 more steps
继续爬 continuing
回头看到的景色 The view looking back
继续,继续 More steps continue, continue
再回头 looking back again
还有更多的台阶 more steps
到了尼斯后,走了一段平坦的路,开始下山 After arriving at the top, we followed a flat road and then started going down the other side into Nice
某人胜利般的笑容 someone’s triumphant smile
加里波第广场的加里波第雕像,加里波第一个意大利将军和政治家 Garibaldi statue in Place Garibaldi, he was a general and an Italian politician
回到尼斯后看到的给公交车充电 Interesting bus charging station in Nice
一个酒店门前的好看的灯An interesting looking light in front of a hotel

到了尼斯之后,在酒店休息了片刻,我俩又来了一杯啤酒,然后寻找吃完饭的地方。After arriving back into Nice and taking a little break we headed out for a beer and to find a restaurant.

由于种种原因(比如等不及上厕所了),我俩在一家没什么人的中国饭店解决了晚饭 For various reasons (one being not being able to wait to find a toilet), we settled for dinner at an empty Chinese restaurant
一点儿也不像麻婆豆腐的麻婆豆腐 Mapo tofu which was nothing like real mapo tofu
口水鸡-也不是四川口味 “Mouth-Watering Chicken” – Not the real Szechuan taste either
炒牛河,这个最好吃 Stir fly noodle, this was the best of the three

每次徒步加爬山后的感觉是既累又有满足感,还没决定好明天去哪里转,但是第一件事是一定要把最近穿过的衣服给洗了!

We made it back to Nice after a long tiring hike over the mountain. We felt good that we accomplished it but our legs were tired and we were ready to rest. Not sure what we will do tomorrow, but first on the agenda is getting our clothes washed!

2 thoughts on “滨海自由城 Villefranche-sur-Mer”

  1. 这个小镇我也好喜欢。
    爬山回尼斯,而不是坐车,真是一个了不起的决定!
    精神和体力的挑战,这样的旅行累并快乐着!

  2. You took a very nice pic of James leaning on the wall along the Mediterranean Sea. And many beautiful pics of the colorful town. Is that olive tree that you are resting under? The locals can definitely stay in shape climbing those stairs daily!

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