Zinthu Zodziwa Pamene Zimapita ku Maluwa a Ross ku Louisville
Loweruka loyamba mu Meyi ndilofanana ndi Kentucky Derby. Palibe kukayikira kuti "Kuthamanga kwa Roses" chaka chilichonse ayenera kukhala okondwa ndi mafilimu okwana 160,000 okondwera ndi aliyense amene adamuvutitsa. Chomwe chimapangitsa Derby kukhala wamkulu sikuti ndi yoyamba ya Crown Crown, koma phwando la upscale lomwe liri pambali. Pakati pa akazi mu zipewa zazikulu, olemekezeka mu zovala za classy, ndi ena aang'ono a Juleps, Kentucky Derby nthawi zonse adzakhala ndi aura za izo mosiyana ndi zochitika zina zina zosewera.
Musati muwononge kapena inu muphonye "maminiti awiri osangalatsa kwambiri masewera" ku Churchill Downs ku Louisville, Kentucky. Mtengo wokhalapo sikuti nthawi zonse ndi wotchipa, koma ndizomwe zimakhala pa ndandanda ya ndowa. Kaya mumafuna kuyang'ana gulu la anthu pamwambamwamba kapena kusangalala ndi phwandolo, muli malo oti mutenge nawo miyambo yayikulu ya America.
Tikiti
Khulupirirani kapena ayi, kupita ku Kentucky Derby ndi kophweka kwambiri. Mutha kuyenda ngakhale pa tsiku la mpikisanowu ndikulipira $ 60 kuti mulowe nawo. (Kuloledwa Kwachilendo Kwadongosolo kumapezekanso $ 55 ngati mumagula kuchokera pa January 1 mpaka tsiku lisanayambe mpikisano.) Kuvomerezeka kwachizolowezi kumakufikitsani inu kulowera kuwongolera njira, kufika ku malo osungirako, ndikupeza mwayi wopita kuchipatala. Njira yapadera yochitira mpikisanowu. Phwando lomwe lili mkati muno ndilokusangalatsa, koma simungapeze malingaliro abwino pa zomwe zikuchitika pawongolera.
Ngati mukufunafuna maonekedwe abwino pa mpikisanowu, mungathe kugula matikiti mu Grandstand.
Ngati mwalembetsa maumboni pa webusaiti ya Kentucky Derby isanafike pakati pa mwezi wa Oktoba chaka chatha, mudzalandira imelo kumapeto kwa October kukuchenjezani pamene matikiti akugulitsidwa pa pre-pre premium. Kugulitsa kumayamba pa intaneti pakati pa mwezi wa November ndi pafupi mipando yonse yogulitsa. (Okhala pafupi ndi kumapeto sakuwona kugulitsa kwa anthu onse.) Tiketi zimagulitsidwa ngati phukusi lomwe limaphatikizapo matikiti ku Kentucky Oaks Lachisanu (kavalo wamkazi wokhala ngati Kentucky Derby) ndi Kentucky Derby Loweruka.
Ma matikiti otsika mtengo ku Grandstand amapita $ 319 okwana magawo awiriwa. Ma tikiti osagulitsidwa kupyolera mu chitukuko choyambirira amayamba kugulitsa masiku angapo pambuyo pake.
Ngati simukupeza matikiti pamsika woyamba, mukhoza kuyang'ana kumsika wachiwiri. Mwachiwonekere muli ndi njira zodziwika kuti mugwire matikiti monga Stubhub kapena tikiti aggregator (ganizirani Kayak kuti mukhale ndi matikiti a masewera) monga SeatGeek, omwe salemba matikiti ochokera ku Stubhub. Msika wamsika wa matikiti mtengo udzawonjezeka pamene mpikisano uyandikira chifukwa chochitikacho sichikupindula kwambiri dziko mpaka sabata la mpikisano. Pali firiji yabwino yakufa kuti mugule matikiti kuyambira February mpaka oyambirira a April.
Kufika Kumeneko
Maulendo a Louisville ali okwera mtengo kuposa omwe amadziwika ngati mitengo yamtunduwu chifukwa Kentucky Derby ikubwera ku tawuni ndipo ndege zodziwa kuti zofunazo zidzakhala zapamwamba. Ndege zachindunji, makamaka kuchokera ku mizinda ikuluikulu, zidzakhudza madola 1,000 kapena kuposerapo pamene kupezeka kulipo kwambiri ndipo nambala imeneyo idzangokwera. Izi zimapereka mpata waukulu kugwiritsa ntchito ndege zanu zamakilomita kuti muthe kulipira ndege m'malo mopeza ndalama chifukwa mtengo wamakilomita sudzasintha kwambiri kuchokera ku mtengo wamtengo wapatali poyerekeza ndi zomwe ndalamazo zidzakhale. Ndi bwino kuyang'ana pa ndege ndi kugwirizana ngati mukuyang'ana kusunga ndalama paulendo wanu.
Njira yosavuta kuyang'ana ndege ndi ulendo wa aggregator Kayak pokhapokha mutadziwa bwino momwe mukufuna kuyendera.
Mukhozanso kuyendetsa ku Louisville kuchokera ku mizinda yosiyanasiyana ku Midwest. Louisville ndi ochepera maola awiri kuchokera ku Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ndi Lexington. Dayton ndi pafupi maola awiri kutali, pamene Columbus ndi Nashville ali pafupifupi maora atatu kutali. Mukhozanso kuyang'ana mu lingaliro la kuthawa ku umodzi wa mizinda imeneyo ndikuyendetsa galimoto kuchokera kumeneko ngati simukuganizira kuwonjezera maola owonjezera paulendo wanu.
Mukakhala ku Louisville, mwinamwake mukufuna kugwiritsa ntchito galimoto kuti mufike ku Churchill Downs. (Musaiwale kuti mudzayenera kulipira malo osungirako magalimoto, kotero kuyang'ana pa malo oyimika magalimoto kungakhale chinthu chomwe mukufuna kuchita.) Njira ina yomwe mungapange ikuphatikizapo basi, yomwe imachokera ku mzinda wa Louisville kupita ku msewu wa $ 20 kuzungulira- ulendo.
Zokwera ndi zosiyidwa zimayamba nthawi ya 7:30 mmawa ndikupitirira mpaka 8:30 madzulo Lachisanu ndi Loweruka. Tekisi ikhozanso kukufikitsani kuulendo, koma kuyembekezera kuti zoperekera zikhale zochepa pokhapokha ngati mukufunayo pa weekend ya Kentucky Derby.
Kumene Mungakakhale
Mitengo ya hotela ku Louisville ndi yapamwamba chifukwa cha Kentucky Derby. Malo ogulitsa mayina mumzinda wa Louisville amapita $ 800 kapena kuposa usiku uliwonse. Malo pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege sali bwino chifukwa ndegeyi imakhala pafupi ndi Churchill Downs. Kusunga ndalama mungayang'ane ku hotela pang'ono kuchokera kumtunda kapena ku Churchill Downs, zomwe zikuphatikizapo kuyang'ana ku hotela kudutsa mtsinje ku Jeffersonville, Indiana. Njira yanu yabwino yopeza ma hotela idzagwiritsa ntchito Wopanga Ulendo ngati angapereke kufufuza kwa mahotela omwe alipo komanso kupereka ndemanga zapamwamba kuchokera kwa makasitomala akale.
Mwinanso mukhoza kuyang'ana kumanga nyumba ku malo a Louisville. Pali njira zambiri komanso eni nyumba akuyang'ana kupanga ndalama zingapo ndi Kentucky Derby ikuchitika. Kupereka kumsika kuyenera kukhala kokongola chifukwa cha izi komanso mpikisano wa ogulitsa osadziwa bwino ayenera kuwopsya. Izi zidzakwaniritsa zochitika zabwino kumeneko, kotero muyenera kuyang'ana mawebusaiti monga AirBNB, VRBO, kapena HomeAway.
Pa Churchill Downs
Kumbukirani kuti ndi bwino kuvala kuvala ku Kentucky Derby. Anthu ambiri amavala zovala zokhazokha, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti amuna akuvala suti kapena zovala zapamwamba ndi amayi akuvala madiresi ndi zipewa zazikulu. Mavalidwe amasiyana malinga ndi madera osiyanasiyana a Churchill Downs, choncho onetsetsani pa webusaiti yawo kuti awone zoletsa zonse.
Mukangoyenda kumsewu mudzafuna kudziwa komwe mungayende pozungulira. Gates imatseguka pa 8 koloko ndi mpikisano woyamba kuyambira 10:30 am Chifukwa cha malo a Grandstand, simungathe kufika njanji ngati iwe ukanakhala pamsewu wabwinobwino chifukwa mumakhala kumadera amenewo.
M'malo mwake mutha kuyendayenda kunja kwa Grandstand ndikuwona anyamatawa akukwera mahatchi m'dera la paddock. Ngati muli mu infield ndi kuvomereza, simungathe kuchoka m'dera lamtunda.
Mwamwayi simungathe kubweretsamo zakumwa zoledzera ku Churchill Downs panthawi yamapeto a Kentucky Derby. Mowa, zikwangwani, ozizira, zitini, mabotolo a magalasi, ndi zitsulo zonse zimaletsedwa. Mukhoza kubweretsa zakudya m'zikwama zopulasitiki zomveka ngati mutakumana ndi zofunikira. Zambiri za zomwe ziri ndi zomwe sizingaloledwe zingapezeke apa.
Zoletsedwa pa zomwe mungabweretse ku Churchill Downs sizikutanthauza kuti simudzakhala ndi nthawi yopambana. Infield ndi phwando losayima ndi achinyamata ambiri. Mudzamverera ngati muli pa phwando ndipo simudzatha kuona mpikisano wina osati pawindo lalikulu, koma mwayi umene simudzasamala. Panthawi imeneyi, anthu ambiri akukondwera ndi Mint Juleps komanso amakhala osangalala kwambiri.
Zosankha zakudya sizikumbukika, koma inu mumayamikira kanyumba kake kuposa njira zina. Mukhozanso kuyendayenda mumzinda wa Grandstand kuti muone malo ndikugula chakudya chotchipa.
Dziko la Bourbon
Mukungotaya nthawi yanu ngati simukuwona zotsulo zakutchire mumzindawu.
Bourbon ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa zomwe zimapita ku America masiku ano ndipo Kentucky ndi nyumba yake. Ngati simukufuna kuthamangitsira kunja kwa Louisville, mukhoza kuwona zochitika ndi Evan Williams Experience ndi Bulleit Experience. Ngati mukufuna kulolera, ndikupempha kuti mupange ku Mark's Maker, pafupi ora kumwera kwa Louisville, kapena Buffalo Trace, yomwe ili ora kummawa. Pali njira zosangalatsa, zomwe nthawi zonse zimakhala zokondweretsa, ndipo mukhoza kupanga botolo lanu kuti mubwere kunyumba kwa Mark Mark.
Kunja ku Louisville
Downtown Louisville yakula bwino m'zaka zaposachedwa. Ngati muli mu mtima wa steak wamkulu, muli pamalo abwino. Simungasokoneze pakati pa St. Charles Exchange, Oyster Bar ndi Steakhouse, kapena Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, komwe mukakondwerera tsiku la 65 lakalamba. Oyang'anira burgers ku St. Charles Exchange ndi Z Oy Oyumba ndi Steakhouse amakumbukiranso, makamaka St. Chuck Burger poyamba, zomwe zimakufikitsani mwanawankhosa wamphongo wambiri ku England. Umboni pa Main umaperekanso bison burger wamkulu, yomwe mungathe kupeza ndi zabwino kwambiri za Fries mumzinda. Ndipo ngati mulibe odwala a burgers tsopano, B & B imapereka zabwino kwambiri ndi habanero kupanikizana, brie, ndi nyama yankhumba.
Inu simungakhoze kubwera ku Louisville popanda kukhala ndi masangweji a masangweji, omwe amadziwika ngati otentha otentha. Brown Hotel imapatsa moyo wa sandwich wotsegukira wotsegulidwa ndi bacon ndi Mornay msuzi. Nkhuku yokazinga ndi njira ya moyo kummwera, kotero inu mukufuna kukatenga mapiko ena a Southern Jried Fried Jumbo ndi chimanga china ku Shirley Mae's Café. Anthu ofunafuna chinthu chophweka ngati chakudya chamadzulo akhoza kupita ku Wagner's Pharmacy, yomwe imasonyeza Derby Sandwich, nyama yosakaniza bwino, tchizi, ndi mayo.
Pang'ono pang'ono kunja kwa mzinda, mudzapeza chofufumitsa chokhala ndi nkhumba pa phwando BBQ. Ngati muli ndi vuto la nkhono, simungathe kuchoka m'deralo mulibe mtedza wabwino kwambiri, womwe uli ngati mwanawankhosa. Mudzapeza kuti malo otchedwa Ole Hickory Pit, omwe ali kutali ndi ndege.
Inu simungathe kuyembekezera kupeza pizza yayikulu ku Louisville, koma ndi zomwe mudzapeza pa Garage Bar. Margherita angawoneke ngati ophweka, koma ndizosangalatsa ndikuwonjezerapo dziko ham ndizolakwika ayi.
Amene akufunafuna malo abwino amakhala ndi zosankha zingapo. Menyu yosungirako zakumwa za whiskey ku Silver Silver ndizokonda kwanu. El Camino ingawoneke ngati yosamvetsetseka kuti asonyeze mafilimu a ma vintage, koma ma syrups awo opanga nyumba amasakaniza bwino mu zakumwa zawo za tiki. Umboni pa Main uli ndi luso labwino ku 21c Museum Hotel, yomwe imakhala ndi bar, kuti ifanane ndi zakumwa. Ngati ma dives ali chinthu chanu ndiye Magnolia Bar & Grill ndi malo anu. Zakumwa ndi zotsika mtengo, atsikana nthawizina amavina pama tebulo, ndipo jukebox idzakusunga iwe usiku wonse. Zoonadi izi zimadziwika ndi kachasu, choncho ndi malo abwino kuposa Haymarket Whiskey Bar, yomwe imapereka ma boni okwana 100 ndikukhala ndi nyimbo.