点评:We visited Graceland, as most people who visit Memphis do, and we asked reception to book a cab to get us there. We got a bloke called Ray, from “Bumming a ride transportation”. He is a self-employed cab driver. Lovely fellow. He dropped us off and picked us up. Fare was around $35 dollars each way from memory. On picking us up he took us on a little detour and showed us where Elvis was originally buried prior to his final resting place at Graceland. He also showed us the house where Elvis’s dad moved after he re-married, together with the house where the partner of Elvis lived after he was divorced from Pricilla. I didn’t see this information whilst walking around Graceland, so it was nice of Ray to show us around. It is possible if we didn’t get Ray, we might not have known about any of it.
On the day we were booked for Graceland, our time slot was 10:30am. My advice is to book the earliest slot you can. It took us all day to go around the house and museum. There are a few places to eat on site. The tour we done was a self-guided audio tour. This takes you round the house and grounds giving you information as you go on an iPad mini. The tour doesn’t include any of the upstairs. This is off limits due to the personal nature of the rooms. The amount of information and exhibits is vast. I learnt a lot of things about Elvis throughout the day. Believe me when I say that you need a full day to make the most of all the exhibits.
翻译:我们像大多数来孟菲斯的游客一样,参观了雅园,并请前台帮我们叫了辆出租车。我们叫到了一位名叫雷的司机,他自称是“搭便车”公司的。他是一位个体出租车司机,人很好。他送我们过去,然后又接我们回来。我记得单程车费大约是35美元。接我们的时候,他带我们绕了点路,给我们看了埃尔维斯最初安葬的地方,也就是他最终长眠于雅园之前的地方。他还带我们看了埃尔维斯父亲再婚后搬去的房子,以及埃尔维斯与普里西拉离婚后,他的伴侣住的房子。我在雅园里参观的时候并没有看到这些信息,所以雷带我们参观真是太好了。如果没有雷,我们可能根本就不知道这些。
我们预订的雅园参观时间是上午10:30。我的建议是,尽量预订最早的时间段。我们花了一整天的时间才参观完故居和博物馆。馆内有几家餐厅。我们参加的是自助语音导览。导览会带你参观房屋和庭院,并用iPad mini为你讲解相关信息。导览不包括楼上,因为楼上的房间属于私人空间,不对外开放。展品和信息量非常庞大。我一整天都在了解关于猫王的事情。相信我,你需要一整天的时间才能充分欣赏所有的展品。