点评:We really love this place and try to visit several times a year. It's just so darned peaceful and relaxing to stroll here and poke in and out of graceful old houses.
You want a soft country road? Its roads are dirt and the littlest bit of gravel. Meadows, farmlands? Apple orchards? A stumpy-topped church? Old barns? Old dwellings, front porches, root beer candy? Sheep, pigs, goats? And two enormous hogs? Gobbling turkeys? It's all here. And quiet.
Old Bethpage Village's volunteer docents are the nicest people -- well informed, and passionate about history and architecture and keeping the past alive. If you look and find where buildings need some TLC and ask them, they'll confess that Old Bethpage Village is sadly lacking in funding. One asks: What does the county do with all its tax money?
A worthwhile trip, suitable for all ages. We took my great-nephew and niece there a few years ago. We see families and, often, school groups, birders. For us, the over-an-hour drive from New York City to OBV is well spent.
翻译:我们真的爱这个地方,每年都会来几次。漫步于此,穿梭于优雅的老房子之间,真是太宁静、太放松了。
你想要一条柔软的乡间小路吗?这里的道路都是泥土路,甚至还有点碎石。草地、农田、苹果园、矮墩墩的教堂、老谷仓、老房子、前廊、根汁汽水糖?绵羊、猪、山羊?还有两头大猪?还有正在狼吞虎咽的火鸡?这里应有尽有,而且非常安静。
老贝斯佩奇村的志愿者讲解员非常友善——他们知识渊博,对历史、建筑和传承历史充满热情。如果你发现哪里的建筑需要一些细心的呵护,并询问他们,他们会坦言老贝斯佩奇村资金严重短缺。有人会问:县里把这些税款都用来干什么了?
一次值得的旅行,老少皆宜。几年前,我们带我的侄孙和侄女去过那里。我们在那里看到了一些家庭,经常还有学校团体和观鸟者。对我们来说,从纽约市到OBV的一个多小时的车程非常值得。