Lovely visit including the Snowdrop Walk - museum changed since our last visit
Gilbert White's House & Gardens的点评
点评:Having not visited the House for some time, we decided to join the Snowdrop weekend walk, which we thoroughly enjoyed - we had no idea so many varieties of snowdrops existed, but now we can see the obvious differences, thanks to the information provided by the guides on our walk today. We usually visit during the summer for the Unusual Plant Fairs (highly recommended, it's great to be able to buy direct from local growers of specialist plants) so haven't actually been into the museum for many years until today. We were confused at first because the interior has been changed around and the large giftshop has been much reduced, Items on sale were interesting but the compact shop arrangement felt less than ideal to us, and we missed the larger selection previously available. Likewise we missed the birdsong exhibit in the front parlour, a favourite with us. It seems the House is set up for educational visits rather than casual tourism now but I guess if that makes better revenue for them, it's understandable. We enjoyed the Alehouse, where beer was being brewed by two informative gentlemen who educated us in the process - so of course we had to buy a pack of beer to take home! We will go on a much warmer day next time...
翻译:我们已经很久没来过这座房子了,所以我们决定参加雪花莲周末散步,我们玩得很开心——我们不知道雪花莲有这么多品种,但现在我们可以看到明显的差异,这要感谢导游在今天的散步中提供的信息。我们通常在夏天参观不寻常的植物博览会(强烈推荐,能够直接从当地专业植物种植者那里购买真是太好了),所以直到今天,我们实际上已经很多年没有进过博物馆了。起初我们很困惑,因为内部已经改变了,大型礼品店也缩小了很多,出售的物品很有趣,但紧凑的商店布局对我们来说感觉不太理想,我们错过了以前提供的更多选择。同样,我们错过了前厅的鸟鸣展览,这是我们最喜欢的。看来这座房子现在是为了教育参观而不是休闲旅游而设立的,但我想如果这能给他们带来更好的收入,这是可以理解的。我们很喜欢这家酒馆,那里有两位知识渊博的绅士在酿造啤酒,他们向我们介绍了酿造过程——所以我们当然要买一包啤酒带回家!下次我们会选一个更暖和的日子去……