上次來克利夫蘭還是有SEA WORLD的時候,掐指算算沒有10年也有11年了。
LEBRON JAMES的老巢。
LBJ是小拖飯的第一個NBA明星,痴迷度100+++++。LBJ轉去熱隊那年我們正在中國,他每天把着電腦追蹤動向,大失所望後宣布改飯韋德。為了買韋德的張貼畫,朋友跑遍了書店書攤,愣是在某家雜誌里扯下幾張三巨頭的合影滿足了他。據我觀察,明里說改飯了,其實暗地裡他還是關注LBJ的多,初衷難改啊。
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FRAME總是要去的。
只是我們都對搖滾很無知,看鼓是鼓,看吉他是吉他,根本聯想不到它們的主人和主人有過的輝煌,就連這飄浮的巨大熱狗為什麼出現在搖滾名人堂都弄不明白,莫非傑克遜好這一口?
儘管和去過的其他科技館相比克利夫蘭的實在嗖嗖太嗖嗖,我們玩得很有興致,還看了一場IMAX電影。
小襖喜歡醫。
大小伙子搭積木看上去有些滑稽,可是他能坐40多分鐘不挪窩也算是奇蹟了。
There were a lot of hands on activities that were pretty cool and demonstrated some interesting ideas.
One of my favorite activities was the pitching cage where you could throw a baseball to see how fast you could throw. I made 54。 Mommy , 32.
Another fun activity was building a tower out of wooden blocks. I built mine for 40 minutes until it was about 5 feet high. As I built it, a little kid kept asking me if he could knock it down and I politely declined his wonderful offer. Over the course of 5 minutes, he must have asked 20 times until I finally told him he could knock it down but only when I was finished.
At last, I finished it complete with a very fragile finish at the very top where I created a delicate ‘T’ like structure. I took some pictures with my tower and then the annoying kid pushed it over. It fell onto my working table with a loud crash and then it was just a pile of blocks. I left the table to go see more exhibits while the little kid screamed and laughed wickedly behind me….
從科技館出來小拖問我:媽咪,你覺得LANDROVER是好車嗎?
“應該不錯吧。”,聽名字像是越野車。
“你猜多少錢?”,不等我猜,他就給出了答案,35000。
“RANGEROVER呢?85000”,真的假的?
“LUNARROVER呢?”,這回他有耐心等我回答了。
“10萬。”我湊個整數。
“NO,2.5 MILLION。”
“哪有那麼貴的車?日元吧?”
“LUNARROVER是登月車嘛”
這小子,老是設好圈套讓我鑽。
長途路上的消遣之一是教我說英語,這次學了“THIS IS A CAR。”,不管我怎麼“THIS” 他們都說不對,我冒着咬掉舌尖的危險一遍遍練習,換來小襖大笑:MOMMY,NOW YOU SOUND LIKE YOU DO NOT HAVE TEETH.他們哈哈出去了一里路還遠。
“你們總統,羅斯福吧,說了,DO NOT LAUGH AT OTHERS WHO CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH WELL.THAT ONLY MEANS THEY CAN SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE BETTER THAN YOU。”,在我還不會說英語的時候我就會說這句了,頭一次亮法寶,鎮住了一車人。
在賓州時就聽說克利夫蘭有個非去不可的MARKET,GPS帶着我們很快就找到了。市場很大但貨品還是有些單一啊,不見綾羅綢緞,只有雞鴨魚肉瓜果梨桃。
進門沒多會兒我們就走散了,再碰面時老拖拎着一袋肉腸,說是當地最著名的XX腸。
“為什麼不多買些?”,看那樣子最多1磅。
“就這麼多了,我全拿下了。你呢?”
“我買了10磅。。。雞脖子。”
我不喜歡雞肉,只對脖子和爪爪情有獨鍾,和花椒大料山楂桔皮醬油糖凡是能想到的調味品擱一起鹵,香就不用說了,那骨頭縫裡找肉的過程實在太享受了,最主要還特經吃,一根脖子且咂吧一陣兒呢,吃前一根骨頭,吃後骨頭一堆,吃多少都不長胖。
最後路經的大城市是辛辛那提,那裡有家中國店是我每年採辦年貨的地方,這次買到了嚮往已久的萵筍、中國小芹菜。萵筍一盤熱炒一盤涼拌,芹菜莖炒肉絲,還勻了幾根去泡菜罈子,葉子包成餃子,根切下來養出根須種地里,難怪有那麼一句話呢:芹菜渾身上下都是寶。
這一圈,近2000邁。現在翻看那些照片,仿佛又回到了一個月前,壯觀的峽谷,洶湧的瀑布,田野,小溪。。。其實無所謂去哪裡,圖個全家朝夕相處的好心情。行在路上,家在路上,每天的風景都不同,每天都有新感覺,我們一起觀賞一起感受。這樣想,旅行就很簡單了,時間可以擠出來,銀子可以省出來,我喜歡那句話:只要你真的想出發,全世界都會為你讓道。
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