2023年2月16日 星期四

Wenchien Wu 「台北車站」大字下兩個溫度計竟然差 1 度 !

 「台北車站」大字下兩個溫度計竟然差 1 度 !

Wenchien Wu

1,這次返台之行除停留台中老家,在台北待18 天,為避免打擾親友,決定住旅館。(有矽谷友人大方免費提供住家樓房讓我們住,太太姊姊也歡迎去住她家)。因好友回台曾住 YMCA很滿意,我們一開始也跟YMCA聯絡,但最後在朋友推荐後住進凱撒飯店 (原 Hilton Hotel) 。晚上打開 curtain (中文字忘了怎麼打),就看到「台北車站」藍色霓虹燈大字,再細看兩旁柱子有時間與溫度計,兩個溫度計竟然差 1 度,相距15公尺(12俯視車站推測)會固定差 1 度嗎?我曾注意到家人 4 支 iPhone 時間同時更動,分秒不差。

太太半夜趕稿寫《金山人語》,發現台北車站熄燈了,我說可能為了節省能源,太太答說全世界各大機場丶各地標性車站「永不熄燈」的。這點我倒不知道。

2,這次返台搭捷運丶高鐵都用「敬老票」,比起美國實在太便宜了。從台北車站到太太姊姊家捷運站 10元(正常票25元),高鐵半價台北到台中單程350元(原價700元)。各地方政府對老人家非常禮遇丶照顧,也有敬老卡(交通免費或半價)丶助聽器丶假牙補助,我跟親友老人家說,大家應該惜福,不要再「碎碎唸」了


2023年2月12日 星期日

Menton/Menton/ Mentone

 NHK 2022 介紹


Menton (French: [mɑ̃tɔ̃]Occitan: [menˈta], written Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian normItalianMentone [menˈtoːne]) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border.

Menton has always been a frontier town. Since the end of the 14th century, it was on the border between County of Nice, held by the Duke of Savoy, and Republic of Genoa. It was an exclave of the Principality of Monaco until the disputed French plebiscite of 1860, when it was added to France. It had been always a fashionable tourist centre with grand mansions and gardens. Its temperate Mediterranean climate is especially favourable to the citrus industry, with which it is strongly identified.


Menton
The harbour of Menton, with the basilica of Saint-Michel-Archange beyond, viewed from the Quai Napoléon III
The harbour of Menton, with the basilica of Saint-Michel-Archange beyond, viewed from the Quai Napoléon III
Coat of arms of Menton
Location of Menton
Menton is located in France
Menton
Menton
Coordinates: 43°46′30″N 7°30′00″ECoordinates43°46′30″N 7°30′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementNice
CantonMenton
IntercommunalityCA Riviera Française
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026)Yves Juhel[1] (LR)
Area
1
14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
30,525
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06083 /06500
Elevation0–774 m (0–2,539 ft)
(avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.