点评:We were disappointed with our guided tour. We were expecting to hear a historical tour of the mansion and the role of the Bellamy family in the the society and the economy of Wilmington. We got none of that. We did learn the architect and builder came from northern cities and the Bellamy family were un-Reconstructed Rebels. Our tour guide (whose name I don’t remember) did not really tell us anything of interest. We didn’t learn that Dr. John Bellamy was the largest slave holder in North Carolina (we researched later). Our guide pointed out the quarters of the enslaved house servants, but he waved his hand and said, “but I don’t want to waste any time talking about that right now.” The tour is supposed to take 1 1/2 hours, we left after 65 minutes - and 10 of those minutes were spent trying to link people headsets to the guides microphone. The guide had a flippant approach to his dialogue that was inappropriate for what was supposed to be a historical tour. Our guide didn’t offer his personal perspective on slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, he chose to avoid talking about those topics, and the Bellamy family role in those events, other than to offer tidbits of trivia.
The tour could have been better. There was a docent in the mansion who provided some interesting anecdotes about the family and the house but, sadly, she was not our guide.
翻译:我们对导游的旅行感到失望。我们期待听到这座豪宅的历史之旅以及贝拉米家族在威尔明顿社会和经济中的作用。我们什么也没有得到。我们确实了解到建筑师和建造者来自北方城市,贝拉米家族是未重建的叛军。我们的导游(我不记得他的名字了)并没有真正告诉我们任何感兴趣的事情。我们不知道约翰·贝拉米博士是北卡罗来纳州最大的奴隶主(我们后来研究过)。我们的导游指着被奴仆的住处,但他摆了摆手说:“但我现在不想浪费时间谈论这个。”这次旅行预计需要 1 1/2 小时,我们在 65 分钟后离开 - 其中 10 分钟用于尝试将人们的耳机连接到导游的麦克风。导游的对话方式很轻率,这对于历史之旅来说是不合适的。我们的导游没有提供他对奴隶制、内战和重建的个人看法,他选择避免谈论这些话题,以及贝拉米家族在这些事件中的角色,除了提供一些琐事。
这次旅行本来可以更好。宅邸里有一位讲解员,为我们讲述了一些有关这个家庭和房子的有趣轶事,但遗憾的是,她不是我们的导游。