点评:Today my husband and I visited Parkwood National Historic Site. Our tour guide, Sofia, did a terrific job of guiding us through the home and gardens and we really enjoyed it! I highly recommend going on her tour! We would have appreciated more information on Sam McLaughlin, owner of Parkwood and one of Canada's top industrialists in the early to mid-part of the 20th century (perhaps a brief biography of McLaughlin could be available in the gift shop or at the beginning of the tour). His story is truly remarkable. The gift shop was very disappointing as it did not include any items regarding McLaughlin - not a book, not a DVD, and nothing to do with the estate itself (I recommend the Stephen Leacock Museum in Orillia where the gift shop offers items that are not only about Leacock himself but are consistent with his occupation and times). Typically visitors like to purchase a memento to remind them of their visit. I can't help but wonder how many missed sales there are. Finally, we ate at the Tea House and the service was very poor and the food was terrible. My husband and I both had the Australian beef pie, which tasted bad was not hot, there was barely any salad dressing on the salad and we had to wait 15 minutes before the server came to take our order (I had to search her out to get service). Parkwood National Historic Site is a wonderful facility with beautiful gardens but I believe it could be so much better.
翻译:今天,我和丈夫参观了帕克伍德国家历史遗址。我们的导游索菲亚带我们在宅邸和花园中游览,表现得非常出色,我们乐在其中!我强烈推荐大家参加她的导览服务!不过,如果能多介绍一些关于帕克伍德的所有者萨姆·麦克劳克林的信息就更好了——他是20世纪上半叶加拿大最杰出的实业家之一(或许礼品店里或导览开始时能提供一篇关于麦克劳克林的简短生平介绍)。他的故事确实令人赞叹。那里的纪念品商店相当令人失望——没有任何与麦克劳林相关的商品:没有书,没有DVD,也没有任何与他本人或其生平相关的物件。(我推荐大家去奥里利亚的斯蒂芬·利科克博物馆,那里的纪念品商店出售的商品不仅与利科克本人相关,还契合他所处的时代背景。)通常,游客们都希望买些纪念品来留作此行的回忆。我不禁想,这样错失的销售机会到底有多少呢?最后,我们在茶屋用餐,但服务极差,食物也难以下咽。我和丈夫都点了澳大利亚牛肉派,味道糟糕且根本不热。沙拉上也几乎没有调味料。我们等了15分钟才有服务员来接受点单(我不得不主动去找她才得到服务)。帕克伍德国家历史遗迹是个拥有美丽花园的好地方,不过我觉得它本可以做得更好。