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Great State Fair!
Iowa State Fairgrounds的点评
点评：The Iowa State Fair is huge—it is so big that it took us two full days to really feel like we’d seen it all. Here’s our observations as first-timers from out of state…
We had each downloaded the app on our phones, but we didn’t find the map all that useful. It was a little hard to use. We finally picked up a hard copy to use and that was actually much simpler. The app could be more user friendly, for sure.
The grandstand was awesome. We had tickets to concerts two nights in a row and our seats were great. Also there were tons of bathrooms and concessions inside, which was appreciated because the shows were long!
They have every food possibly available at the fair, and most of them are deep fried, lol. We made it a mission between us to try as many different things as we could. We came away feeling fat. One thing we do with is that there were more tables around—it was hard to eat some of these things without a picnic table or something. Oh—and the chocolate chip cookies live up to the hype—definitely take a bucket of those home with you!
We enjoyed the sky ride, even though the line was long. We really wanted to do the iconic slides, but the lines for that were crazy long and we just didn’t have the time.
Parking can be tough, especially if you get there later in the day. We had a great experience parking in a neighborhood yard and paying the homeowner to park there—this seems fairly common to do. And the neighborhood we were in was right across the street from Gate 11. As a bonus, the folks in the neighborhood were friendly and had some great tips—we chatted with them quite a bit, both before and after getting to the fair.
Finally, we found it shockingly hard to find the big name politicians—we thought that was kind of weird. Part of the reason we came specifically in 2023 was to see some of the big national candidates and we really struggled to find them. That was a bummer.
A little planning is needed because it's so big, but it's a pretty spectacular state fair and definitely lived up to its reputation as one of the nation's best.
We had each downloaded the app on our phones, but we didn’t find the map all that useful. It was a little hard to use. We finally picked up a hard copy to use and that was actually much simpler. The app could be more user friendly, for sure.
The grandstand was awesome. We had tickets to concerts two nights in a row and our seats were great. Also there were tons of bathrooms and concessions inside, which was appreciated because the shows were long!
They have every food possibly available at the fair, and most of them are deep fried, lol. We made it a mission between us to try as many different things as we could. We came away feeling fat. One thing we do with is that there were more tables around—it was hard to eat some of these things without a picnic table or something. Oh—and the chocolate chip cookies live up to the hype—definitely take a bucket of those home with you!
We enjoyed the sky ride, even though the line was long. We really wanted to do the iconic slides, but the lines for that were crazy long and we just didn’t have the time.
Parking can be tough, especially if you get there later in the day. We had a great experience parking in a neighborhood yard and paying the homeowner to park there—this seems fairly common to do. And the neighborhood we were in was right across the street from Gate 11. As a bonus, the folks in the neighborhood were friendly and had some great tips—we chatted with them quite a bit, both before and after getting to the fair.
Finally, we found it shockingly hard to find the big name politicians—we thought that was kind of weird. Part of the reason we came specifically in 2023 was to see some of the big national candidates and we really struggled to find them. That was a bummer.
A little planning is needed because it's so big, but it's a pretty spectacular state fair and definitely lived up to its reputation as one of the nation's best.
翻译：爱荷华州博览会规模宏大，以至于我们花了整整两天的时间才真正感觉自己已经看完了这一切。这是我们作为州外首次来访者的观察结果……
我们每个人都在手机上下载了该应用程序，但我们发现地图没有那么有用。使用起来有点困难。我们最终拿到了一份硬拷贝来使用，这实际上要简单得多。当然，该应用程序可以更加用户友好。
看台太棒了。我们连续两晚都有音乐会的门票，而且我们的座位很棒。里面还有大量的浴室和优惠，这一点很受欢迎，因为演出很长！
他们有集市上所有可能吃到的食物，而且大多数都是油炸的，哈哈。我们把尽可能多地尝试不同的事情作为我们之间的使命。我们离开时感觉很胖。我们做的一件事是周围有更多的桌子——如果没有野餐桌之类的东西，很难吃这些东西。哦，巧克力饼干也不负众望，一定要带一桶回家！
尽管队伍很长，我们还是很享受空中之旅。我们真的很想做标志性的幻灯片，但排队的队伍太长了，我们只是没有时间。
停车可能会很困难，尤其是如果您当天晚些时候到达那里。我们在附近的院子里停车并付钱给房主停车，这是一次很棒的经历——这似乎是很常见的事情。我们所在的社区就在 11 号门的街对面。额外的好处是，附近的人们都很友好，并且提供了一些很棒的建议——我们在到达展会之前和之后都与他们聊了很多。
最后，我们发现要找到大名鼎鼎的政客非常困难——我们认为这有点奇怪。我们特意在 2023 年来到这里的部分原因是为了见见一些重要的全国候选人，但我们确实很难找到他们。那真是太糟糕了。
因为它太大了，所以需要做一些计划，但它是一个非常壮观的州博览会，并且绝对不辜负其作为全国最好的博览会之一的声誉。
我们每个人都在手机上下载了该应用程序，但我们发现地图没有那么有用。使用起来有点困难。我们最终拿到了一份硬拷贝来使用，这实际上要简单得多。当然，该应用程序可以更加用户友好。
看台太棒了。我们连续两晚都有音乐会的门票，而且我们的座位很棒。里面还有大量的浴室和优惠，这一点很受欢迎，因为演出很长！
他们有集市上所有可能吃到的食物，而且大多数都是油炸的，哈哈。我们把尽可能多地尝试不同的事情作为我们之间的使命。我们离开时感觉很胖。我们做的一件事是周围有更多的桌子——如果没有野餐桌之类的东西，很难吃这些东西。哦，巧克力饼干也不负众望，一定要带一桶回家！
尽管队伍很长，我们还是很享受空中之旅。我们真的很想做标志性的幻灯片，但排队的队伍太长了，我们只是没有时间。
停车可能会很困难，尤其是如果您当天晚些时候到达那里。我们在附近的院子里停车并付钱给房主停车，这是一次很棒的经历——这似乎是很常见的事情。我们所在的社区就在 11 号门的街对面。额外的好处是，附近的人们都很友好，并且提供了一些很棒的建议——我们在到达展会之前和之后都与他们聊了很多。
最后，我们发现要找到大名鼎鼎的政客非常困难——我们认为这有点奇怪。我们特意在 2023 年来到这里的部分原因是为了见见一些重要的全国候选人，但我们确实很难找到他们。那真是太糟糕了。
因为它太大了，所以需要做一些计划，但它是一个非常壮观的州博览会，并且绝对不辜负其作为全国最好的博览会之一的声誉。
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