点评:A friend and I had such an enjoyable 3-day, 2-night stay at the Mecure Hotel in Paignton and learnt such a lot about Agatha Christie’s links to the Torbay area. What made the trip a real treat were our tour guides, Robin from Solos Travel and Graham The Guide. Both men took great care of our group of 12 and kept us well entertained despite very challenging weather.
We visited caves which Agatha and her 2nd husband Max had explored looking for fossils and enjoyed a cream tea amid much teasing about the difference between how to apply cream and jam in Devon as opposed to Cornwall.
It was interesting to see the church she regularly attended when she was in the area and we learnt her wealthy American father paid for the building to completed shortly before she was baptised there.
There is so much to learn about this multi-talented woman and how her various life experiences equipped her to become the crime writer whose works are still read and enjoyed by so many readers. There is a huge Agatha Christie celebration in September every year, attended by people from far away places. Book early if you are interested wax the tip from both our guides.
The food and service at the hotel was everything one would expect from a four-star establishment - nothing like Fawlty Towers, the TV sit-com, which Graham also specialises in. He gave a few extra bits of information on that topic during our tour.
If the weather hadn’t included intermittent rain squalls we might have done as some of the rest of the group did and extended our stay.
翻译:我和朋友在佩恩顿的美居酒店度过了三天两夜的愉快时光,并深入了解了阿加莎·克里斯蒂与托贝地区的渊源。这次旅行的亮点在于我们的导游,来自Solos Travel的罗宾和导游格雷厄姆。尽管天气恶劣,他们两位仍然尽心尽力地照顾我们一行12人,让我们玩得非常开心。
我们参观了阿加莎和第二任丈夫马克斯曾经探索过的洞穴,他们在那里寻找化石。我们还享用了奶油茶,期间大家互相打趣,讨论着德文郡和康沃尔郡涂抹奶油和果酱的方式有何不同。
参观她生前经常去的教堂也很有意思。我们了解到,她富有的美国父亲在她受洗前不久出资建造了这座教堂。
关于这位多才多艺的女性,以及她丰富的人生经历如何造就了她,使她成为一位至今仍深受读者喜爱的推理小说家,我们还有很多值得了解的地方。每年九月都会举办盛大的阿加莎·克里斯蒂纪念活动,吸引着来自四面八方的人们。如果您感兴趣,请务必尽早预订,这是我们两位导游的建议。
酒店的食物和服务完全符合四星级酒店的标准——与格雷厄姆也擅长的电视情景喜剧《福尔蒂旅馆》截然不同。在参观过程中,他还就此提供了一些额外信息。
如果不是时不时下起阵雨,我们或许会像其他团员一样,延长入住时间。