点评:I grew up with this lovely old building decaying, so on a visit home was looking forward to seeing the restoration and heritage items.
Sadly, while it all looks lovely and seems to have been completed to a high standard, I felt there was far more on display and a lot more information readily available at the old heritage site. Have loads of items been put in to storage, if so why? or have they been thrown away? Should there be more display space upstairs?
While the cafe looks onto a courtyard, it is facing the busy A9, not the rolling fields & hills behind. Surely this part of the restoration could have been flipped 180 and the courtyard/carpark areas swapped. This would have made for a far more enjoyable space for both visitors & locals.
After my tour of the heritage area & shop I asked for a cup of tea, to be told I would have to wait 25/30 mins! for a cup of tea? They weren't even that busy.
Finally, when I visited there were no opening times on display, a basic necessity.
I left disappointed & unimpressed.
翻译:我从小就看着这座美丽的古老建筑逐渐破败,所以这次回家探亲,我非常期待看到它的修复成果和历史文物。
可惜的是,虽然修复后的景象很漂亮,而且似乎也达到了很高的标准,但我感觉老遗址的展品更多,信息也更丰富。是不是有很多东西被收起来了?如果是的话,为什么?还是都被扔掉了?楼上是不是应该增加一些展示空间?
咖啡馆虽然面向庭院,但却正对着繁忙的A9公路,而不是后面连绵起伏的田野和山丘。这部分修复工程完全可以反过来,把庭院和停车场的位置互换一下。这样一来,无论是游客还是当地居民,都会觉得更加舒适惬意。
参观完历史遗址和商店后,我想喝杯茶,却被告知要等25到30分钟!一杯茶要等这么久?当时店里也不算很忙啊。
最后,我去的时候,店里竟然没有张贴营业时间,这可是基本要求啊。
我失望地离开了,感觉很不满意。