点评:Our primary mistake was that our only day available to visit an Amish farm was a Sunday, and the Amish are actually all in church on Sunday. Any other day of the week, we could have gone to an actual working farm, which this is not. We actually did briefly visit an Amish farm on Saturday when we went for a buggy ride, but didn't see a house then.
this being our only option, we got tickets to the farm and house (we skipped the bus ride, having already seen the countryside). The farm was fine. No Amish were there (again, it being Sunday) so it was a pretty empty farm with us and some animals. The barn conditions were less well-kept than the farm that we visited the day prior, which made us feel a little bad.
We were particularly looking forward to the house tour and learning more about the Amish ways. Our guide, a retirement-aged woman, was semi-informed. Some of what she told us about their simple life directly contradicted what an Amish man told us the day before, which means less that she was wrong and was right, but that there is variation among church groups as to what is and is not acceptable, and this should be part of the presentation. Overall, the guide was a bit condescending to the group's questions, which was unfortunate and a different guide may have provided a different experience.
If you, like us, have this as your only only option on a Sunday, it's probably hit-or-miss, but I'd suggest doing what you can to find a real working farm on any other day of the week.
翻译:我们犯的主要错误是,我们唯一能去参观阿米什农场的日子是星期天,而阿米什人星期天都要去教堂。如果换作其他任何一天,我们都可以去一个真正的农场,而我们去的这个农场并非如此。其实,我们星期六坐马车的时候也短暂地去过一个阿米什农场,但当时没看到房子。
由于这是我们唯一的选择,我们买了农场和房子的门票(因为已经游览过乡村,所以我们没有坐巴士)。农场还不错。因为是星期天,所以没有阿米什人在那里,农场里很空旷,只有我们和一些动物。谷仓的状况比我们前一天参观的农场要差一些,这让我们有点失望。
我们特别期待参观房子,了解更多关于阿米什人的生活方式。我们的导游是一位退休妇女,对阿米什人略知一二。她向我们讲述的关于他们简朴生活的一些内容,与前一天一位阿米什男子告诉我们的截然相反。这并非意味着她错了而她对了,而是说明不同教会团体对于什么是可接受的、什么是不可接受的,存在差异,而这一点应该在讲解中有所体现。总的来说,这位导游对我们提出的问题有些居高临下,这令人遗憾,换一位导游或许会带来不同的体验。
如果你和我们一样,周日只有这个选择,那可能要碰运气了。但我建议你尽量在其他日子里寻找真正的农场参观。