Izinto Eziza Kukwazi Xa Ziya Ekusebenziseni iRos eLouisville
Umgqibelo wokuqala ngoMeyi ufana neKentucky Derby. Akungabazeki ukuba yonke i-"Run for the Roses" minyaka yonke kufanele ibe neenkulungwane ezili-160,000 Yintoni eyenza i-Derby enkulu ayikho nje yinto yokuqala ye-Horse Triple Crown Crown, kodwa i-party ye-upscale yamaqela ejikeleze izizathu. Phakathi kwabasetyhini kwiikhati ezinkulu, abadumileyo kwiingubo zokufunda, kunye neMint Juleps embalwa, iKentucky Derby iya kuhlala i-aura malunga nayo ngokungafani nayiphi na imicimbi yezemidlalo.
Ungabonakali okanye ulahleke "emininzi imizuzu emininzi kwimidlalo" eChurchill Downs eLouisville, eKentucky. Iindleko zokuya kwiindawo azihlambulukanga, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo enye yoluhlu lwamabhakethi. Enoba ufuna ukukhangela isihlwele kwindawo ephakamileyo okanye ujabulele iqela elisempilweni, kukho indawo yokuba ungene kwenye yezithethe ezinkulu zaseMelika.
Iikitikiti
Yikholwa okanye akunjalo, ukuya eKentucky Derby kulula kakhulu. Unokwazi ukuhamba ngosuku lomncintiswano kwaye uhlawule i-$ 60 ukuze wamkelwe ngokubanzi. (Ukwamkelwa ngokuqhelekileyo kuyafumaneka kwi-$ 55 ukuba uthenge ukusuka ngoJanuwari 1 ukuya kutsho usuku ngaphambi komncintiswano.) Ukwamkela ngokuqhelekileyo kukufumana kuphela ukungena kumzila, ukufikelela kummandla, nokufikelela kwi-paddock, ngoko akuyona into indlela ebalulekileyo yokubonela uhlanga. Iqela elisemgangathweni lihle kakhulu, kodwa awuyi kubona imbonakalo engcono yezinto ezenzeka kumzila.
Ukuba ufuna umboniso olungcono kumncintiswano, unokuthenga iikiti kwi-Grandstand.
Ukuba ubhalisa kwizaziso kwiwebsite yaseKentucky Derby ngaphambi ko-Okthobha kunyaka odlulileyo, uya kufumana i-imeyile ngasekupheleni kukaOktobha ukukwazisa xa iikitikiti zithengiswa kwi-premium presale. Intengiso iqala nge-intanethi phakathi koNovemba kunye nazo zonke iindawo zokuthengisa. (Uhlala ngasekupheleni komgca awuboni ukuthengiswa koluntu.) Iikitikiti zithengiswa njengepakethi equka iitikiti ukuya kwiiLesihlanu zaseKentucky Oaks (ihashe lentombi efana neKentucky Derby) kunye neMgqibelo iKentucky Derby.
Iitikithi ezincinci kwi-Grandstand ziya ku-$ 319 ezipheleleyo kwiiseshoni zombini. Amathikiti angathengi nge-premium presale aya kudayiswa iintsuku ezimbalwa kamva.
Ukuba awufumani ithikithi ngeemarike eziphambili, unokuhlala ujonga kwimarike yesibini. Kuyacaca ukuba unamathuba okwaziwa ukuthabathe amathikithi afana neTsibhub okanye i-aggregator yetikiti (cinga uKayak kumatekethi ezemidlalo) njenge SeatGeek, engabhalisi ithikithi esuka eStubhub. Ixabiso lesithekiti zesekondari liya kukwanda njengoko ubaleko lusondela ngenxa yokuba isiganeko asifumani ngqalelo enkulu kazwelonke kuze kube yiveki yohlanga. Kukho iwindi elungileyo lokuthenga ithikithi ukususela ngoFebhuwari ukuya ekuqaleni koApreli.
Ukufika apho
Iindleko zeLouisville zixabiso eliphezulu kunezona ziqhelekileyo (ezaziwa njengexabiso lentengo) kuba iKentucky Derby iza eedolophini kunye neenqwelo zeenkampani ziyazi ukuba imfuno iya kuba phezulu. Ukuhamba ngeenqwelo, ngokukodwa kwimimandla emikhulu, kuya kuthinta i-$ 1,000 okanye ngaphezulu xa ukufumaneka kuphezulu kwaye loo nombolo iya kunyuka kuphela. Oku kukunika ithuba elihle lokusebenzisa iinqwelo-moya zeekhilomitha ukuza kuhlawulela iindiza kunokungena kwemali kuba indleko ngeekhilomitha aziyi kutshintsha ngokuphawulekayo kwixabiso eliqhelekileyo lifaniswe neendleko zeedola. Kubalulekile ukujonga kwiindiza kunye nokuqhagamshelana ukuba ufuna ukugcina imali xa uhamba.
Indlela elula yokubheka indiza ihamba ne-Kayak ngaphandle kokuba uyazi ukuba yeyiphi i-airline ofuna ukuhamba kuyo.
Unako ukuqhubela eLouisville kwiidolophu ezahlukahlukeneyo eMidwest. ULouisville ungaphantsi kweeyure ezimbini ukusuka eCincinnati, e-Indianapolis naseLexington. I-Dayton i malunga neeyure ezimbini kude, ngoxa iColumbus neNashville zi malunga neeyure ezintathu. Unokujonga kwakhona kwinqaba yokubhabha kwenye yezo zixeko kwaye uqhuba ukusuka apho ukuba ungananga ukufaka iiyure ezimbalwa xa uhamba.
Xa useseLouisville, mhlawumbi ufuna ukusebenzisa imoto ukuya eChurchill Downs. (Musa ukulibala uya kufuneka uhlawule ukupaka, ngoko ukhangele kwindawo yokupaka kuyakuba yinto ofuna ukuyenza.) Inketho enye ibandakanya ibhasi, ephuma edolophu yaseLouisville ukuya kumzila we-$ 20 ngeenxa zonke. uhambo.
Iipok-ups kunye ne-drop offs ziqala ngo-7: 30 ekuseni kwaye ziqhubeke ukufika ngo-8: 30 ntambama ngoLwesihlanu nangomgqibelo. IiTeksi nazo zinokuthabatha kumzila, kodwa ulindele ukuba ukunikezelwa kunqunywe kunikwe imfuno ngexesha leveki yaseKentucky Derby.
Uhlala phi
Amanani eehotele kwiindawo ezikufutshane naseLouisville ziphezulu ngenxa yeKentucky Derby. Igama legama leBrithani elisentlanteni yaseLouisville liya ku-$ 800 okanye ngaphezulu ngobusuku bonke. Amahotele asondele kwisikhululo sezindiza ayilunge ngakumbi kuba isikhumulo sezindiza sitholakala kufuphi kufuphi neChurchill Downs. Ukugcina imali ungabheka kwiehotele ngaphaya kweDowntown okanye eChurchill Downs, equka ukujonga kwiehotele ngaphesheya komlambo eJeffersonville, eIndiya. Inketho yakho efanelekileyo yokufumana amahotele iya kuba ngokusebenzisa i-Trip Advisor njengoko inokubonelela ngeenkcukacha ezifumanekayo zeehotele ezifumanekayo ngeli xesha libonelela ngeempendulo eziphezulu kumakhasimende angaphambili.
Ngenye indlela unokwazi ukubheka izindlu zokuqashisa kwindawo yaseLouisville. Kukho inketho ezininzi kunye nabanikazi bekhaya baya kukhangela ukwenza amacandelo ambalwa neKentucky Derby eyenzekayo. Ukubonelelwa kwindawo yokuthengisa kufuneka kube kuhle ngenxa yale nto kwaye ukhuphiswano lwabathengisi abangenamava lufanele lukhokele ekwesabeni. Oku kuya kubangela ezinye iintetho ezilungileyo apho, ngoko kufuneka uhlale uhlola iiwebhusayithi ezifana ne-AirBNB, iVRBO, okanye i-HomeAway.
Xa kuChurchill Downs
Khumbula ukuba kuyafaneleka ukuba ugubuke ukuya eKentucky Derby. Abantu abaninzi banxibe kwiimithikazi, oku kuthetha ukuba amadoda agqoke izicathulo okanye iingubo zezemidlalo kunye namantombazana bembethe iingubo kunye nezigqoko ezinkulu. Iikhowudi yokugqoka ihluka ngoxhomekeke kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo yeChurchill Downs, ngoko ubhekise kwiwebhusayithi yabo ukuze ubone zonke izithintelo ezifanelekileyo.
Emva kokuba ufike emthonjeni uya kuthi ufuna ukuqonda apho ungayiduka khona. Izigqeba zivuliwe ngo-8 ngomncintiswano wokuqala ukususela ngo-10: 30 ekuseni Ngenxa yokuhlala kwe-Grandstand, awukwazi ukufumana umzila onjengawe oya ku-racetrack eqhelekileyo kuba kukho iindawo kuloo ndawo.
Endaweni yoko uya kukwazi ukujikeleza ngaphaya kwe-Grandstand kwaye ubone ii-jockeys ziphakamisa amahashe kwindawo ye-paddock. Ukuba ungaphakathi kwindawo yokungena ngokuqhelekileyo, awuyi kukwazi ukushiya kwindawo yangaphakathi.
Ngelishwa awukwazi ukuzisa nayiphi na into yokusela kwiChurchill Downs ngexesha leveki yaseKentucky Derby. Utywala, iimbotyi, ama-coolers, amathini, iibhotile zeglasi kunye neenkonkxa konke kuvinjelwe. Ungayifaka izinto zokutya kwiiplastiki ezicacileyo xa udibana nomlinganiselo wesayizi. Iinkcukacha ezipheleleyo malunga noko kwaye akuvumelekanga zingatholakala apha.
Izithintelo kwizinto onokuzifaka kwiChurchill Downs asithethi ukuba awunaso ixesha elifanelekileyo kumncintiswano. I-infield yinkqubo engeyiyo yokuyeka kunye nesihlwele esincinane. Uza kuziva ngathi ukhona kwiqela elibi kwaye awuyi kubona umqhubi ngaphandle kwekhredithi enkulu, kodwa amathuba awunakukhathalela. Ngaloo ndlela ngaphesheya komzila, isihlwele esiqhayisayo sithandwa yiMint Juleps kwaye sinomdla kakhulu.
Ukutya okukhethiweyo akunakukhunjulwa, kodwa uya kuxabisa i-barbecue ngaphezu kwezinye iindlela. Unokungququzela kwi-infield ukusuka kwi-Grandstand ukujonga indawo kwaye uthenge ukutya okuncinci.
Izwe leBourbon
Uchitha ixesha lakho ukuba awuhlolisisi i-bourbon distillery ngeli xesha.
I-Bourbon yilophu oludaka kakhulu oluya eMelika kule mihla kunye neKentucky yilekhaya. Ukuba awufuni ukujula ngaphandle kweLouisville, unokufumana intshukumo yesenzo nge-Evan Williams Experience kunye ne-Bulleit Experience. Ukuba uzimisele ukuhamba, ndingathanda ukuyenza kuMaraki kaMenzi, malunga neyure e-Louisville, okanye i-Buffalo Trace, eyiyure kwimpuma. Kukho iindlela zokunambitha, ezihlala zimnandi, kwaye unokwenza ibhotile yakho ukuba uhambe ekhaya kuMaraki kaMenzi.
E-Louisville
IDowntown yaseLouisville iye yazuza ngakumbi kwiminyaka yamuva. Ukuba unesimo sengqondo se-steak enkulu, uhlala kwindawo efanelekileyo. Awuyi kuphambuka phakathi kweSt. Charles Exchange, i-Oyster Bar kunye ne-Steakhouse, okanye i-Steakhouse yaseJeff Ruby, apho uya kugcoba ngokuthe ngqo kwi-65-day-old bone-in strip. Abaqhankqalazi baseSt. Charles Exchange kunye ne-Z ye-Oyster Bar kunye ne-Steakhouse bayakhunjulwa kwakhona, ngokukodwa iStell Chuck Burger ngaphambili, okukuzisa umgudu wegundane onamandla kakhulu kwi-muffin yesiNgesi. Ubungqina kwi-Main ubuye unikeze i-bison burger enkulu, enokuyifumana kunye neeflethi eziqhelekileyo zaseFransi edolophini. Kwaye ukuba ungagula ngabagqebi ngoku, i-B & B inikezela kakuhle kakhulu nge-habanero jam, brie, kunye ne-bacon.
Awukwazi ukuza eLouisville ngaphandle kokuba unedlanki wendawo enqabileyo, eyaziwa njengomdaka obushushu. I-Brown Hotel ibuyisa ebomini le sandwich evulekile ejongene ne-turkey kunye ne-bacon neMornay sauce. Inkukhu ethosiweyo yindlela yokuphila emzantsi, ngoko uya kufuna ukufumana ezinye i-Southern Fried Jumbo Chicken Wings kunye ne-cornbread e-Shirley Mae's Café. Abo bafuna into elula ngesimo se-diner bangenza indlela yabo kwi-Pharmacy kaWagner, ebonisa iDerby Sandwich, umxube omnandi we-ham, ushizi kunye no-mayo.
Kuphela nje ngaphandle kwendawo yedolophu, uya kufumana amaqebelengwane emnandi yengulube kwi-Feast BBQ. Ukuba unesimo sengqondo sebheyi, kunjalo, awukwazi ukushiya indawo ngaphandle kweminye imithinjana enobomi obuhle kakhulu, efana nemvana. Uza kufumana ukuba i-Ole Hickory Pit, ekude kufuphi nesiqithi-moya.
Awukwazi ukulindela ukufumana i-pizza enkulu eLouisville, kodwa yiloo nto uya kufikelela kwiGarage yeBarage. I-Margherita inokubonakala ibulula, kodwa iyamangalisa kwaye idibanisa i-ham yelizwe kuyo akuyona ingcinga embi.
Abo bafuna i-cocktail enhle banokukhetha ezimbalwa. Imenyu egxile kwi-whisky kwi-Silver Dollar yintandokazi yendawo. U-El Camino unokubonakala engavumelekanga ukubonisa iifilimu zee-vintage, kodwa ama-syrups awo ayenze indlu adibanise kakuhle kwiindawo zabo zokusela eziphambili. Ubungqina obuMkhulu bubugcisa obuhle kwi-Hotel e-21c yeeMyuziyam, egcina indlu yebar, ukufanisa iziphuzo. Ukuba ii-dives zizinto zakho ngaphezulu ke iMagnolia Bar & Grill yindawo yakho. Iziphuzo zingabizi, ngamanye amaxesha amantombazana adlala kwietafile, kwaye i jukebox iya kukugcina ubusuku bonke. Ngokuqinisekileyo la malungu ayaziwa ngokuba yi-whisky, ngoko ke indawo engcono kuneHaymarket Whiskey Bar, enika amabhonbons angaphezu kwe-100 kwaye iphile nomculo.