上次来克利夫兰还是有SEA WORLD的时候,掐指算算没有10年也有11年了。
LEBRON JAMES的老巢。
LBJ是小拖饭的第一个NBA明星,痴迷度100+++++。LBJ转去热队那年我们正在中国,他每天把着电脑追踪动向,大失所望后宣布改饭韦德。为了买韦德的张贴画,朋友跑遍了书店书摊,愣是在某家杂志里扯下几张三巨头的合影满足了他。据我观察,明里说改饭了,其实暗地里他还是关注LBJ的多,初衷难改啊。
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FRAME总是要去的。
只是我们都对摇滚很无知,看鼓是鼓,看吉他是吉他,根本联想不到它们的主人和主人有过的辉煌,就连这飘浮的巨大热狗为什么出现在摇滚名人堂都弄不明白,莫非杰克逊好这一口?
尽管和去过的其他科技馆相比克利夫兰的实在嗖嗖太嗖嗖,我们玩得很有兴致,还看了一场IMAX电影。
小袄喜欢医。
大小伙子搭积木看上去有些滑稽,可是他能坐40多分钟不挪窝也算是奇迹了。
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….
从科技馆出来小拖问我:妈咪,你觉得LANDROVER是好车吗?
“应该不错吧。”,听名字像是越野车。
“你猜多少钱?”,不等我猜,他就给出了答案,35000。
“RANGEROVER呢?85000”,真的假的?
“LUNARROVER呢?”,这回他有耐心等我回答了。
“10万。”我凑个整数。
“NO,2.5 MILLION。”
“哪有那么贵的车?日元吧?”
“LUNARROVER是登月车嘛”
这小子,老是设好圈套让我钻。
长途路上的消遣之一是教我说英语,这次学了“THIS IS A CAR。”,不管我怎么“THIS” 他们都说不对,我冒着咬掉舌尖的危险一遍遍练习,换来小袄大笑:MOMMY,NOW YOU SOUND LIKE YOU DO NOT HAVE TEETH.他们哈哈出去了一里路还远。
“你们总统,罗斯福吧,说了,DO NOT LAUGH AT OTHERS WHO CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH WELL.THAT ONLY MEANS THEY CAN SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE BETTER THAN YOU。”,在我还不会说英语的时候我就会说这句了,头一次亮法宝,镇住了一车人。
在宾州时就听说克利夫兰有个非去不可的MARKET,GPS带着我们很快就找到了。市场很大但货品还是有些单一啊,不见绫罗绸缎,只有鸡鸭鱼肉瓜果梨桃。
进门没多会儿我们就走散了,再碰面时老拖拎着一袋肉肠,说是当地最著名的XX肠。
“为什么不多买些?”,看那样子最多1磅。
“就这么多了,我全拿下了。你呢?”
“我买了10磅。。。鸡脖子。”
我不喜欢鸡肉,只对脖子和爪爪情有独钟,和花椒大料山楂桔皮酱油糖凡是能想到的调味品搁一起卤,香就不用说了,那骨头缝里找肉的过程实在太享受了,最主要还特经吃,一根脖子且咂吧一阵儿呢,吃前一根骨头,吃后骨头一堆,吃多少都不长胖。
最后路经的大城市是辛辛那提,那里有家中国店是我每年采办年货的地方,这次买到了向往已久的莴笋、中国小芹菜。莴笋一盘热炒一盘凉拌,芹菜茎炒肉丝,还匀了几根去泡菜坛子,叶子包成饺子,根切下来养出根须种地里,难怪有那么一句话呢:芹菜浑身上下都是宝。
这一圈,近2000迈。现在翻看那些照片,仿佛又回到了一个月前,壮观的峡谷,汹涌的瀑布,田野,小溪。。。其实无所谓去哪里,图个全家朝夕相处的好心情。行在路上,家在路上,每天的风景都不同,每天都有新感觉,我们一起观赏一起感受。这样想,旅行就很简单了,时间可以挤出来,银子可以省出来,我喜欢那句话:只要你真的想出发,全世界都会为你让道。
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