2007年5月30日

Wausau, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Chicago (05/24 - 05/28)

5/24 we started our road trip to WI and IL. We left MN around 9:30AM. The first stop was Wausau, which is the largest place for American Ginseng.(花旗蔘) We met the owner and he arranged a field trip for us. We saw the ginseng farm amd also bought some fresh ginsengs.
Around 3 pm, we headed to Green Bay and had dinner in the old depot, which now is named of Titletown restaurant. It is famous for its own brewed root beer and, of course, beer.

第一天的行程是從Minneapolis(MN)出發,沿I-94向東轉29號公路至Wausau(WI),參觀許氏人蔘農場後,再繼續沿著29號公路一路向東到Green Bay(WI)。Wausau並不是個旅遊景點,不過當地的土壤十分適合人蔘生長,據說花旗蔘最盛時期,Wausau當地有1600戶蔘農,不過也因為人參栽種不易,加上目前亞洲開始有花旗蔘農場在競爭,因此目前只剩下300戶左右。


許氏人蔘農場




選購新鮮人蔘 (0.5磅/$18)

5/25. We went to a wild life sanctuary at Green Bay, and also saw big boats at Lake Michigan. Around noon, we headed to Chicago. We stopped by Milwaukee and took Miller beer tour. Each one could have three free samples. Since I had to drive, I only took one. By going to directly to hotel, we went to Bahai Temple first. It said it is above all religions and its temple is really amazing. At that night, we had deep dish pizza at Gino's East.

第二天,我們先到Green Bay的野生動物保護區,天氣很好,一解前一天滂沱大雨哪也不能去的遺憾。看到灰狼和coyote,很多種鳥類和老鷹,還有一大群Canada Geese的親子組合。




Wildlife Sanctuary at Green Bay


Green Bay Harbor

中午從Green Bay沿43號公路向南開到Milwaukee,參觀Miller啤酒廠,Tour完全是免費的,結束後還提供每人一杯Miller Light和任選其他兩種啤酒的試喝 (Kambric因為要開車 認份地在任選兩種啤酒階段直接選了可樂....)


Miller旗下的12種啤酒品牌


Miller最早的標誌 : Girl on the Moon


Free Beer Time

結束Miller啤酒之旅後,繼續沿著I-94向南開往芝加哥。我們先去了芝加哥北郊的Baha'i Temple,中文好像是翻成大同教,建築很特別,全世界一共有七座,芝加哥的應該是北美唯一的一座吧。




5/26. Field museum was the first stop after we woke up. We spent around 4 hours and then needed to go back to hotel because Yvonne's parents had other appointments. Around 5 pm, we went to downtown again to have dinner with a NW law school graduate.


芝加哥第一天行程,參觀了Field Museum,(票價$12,學生票$7),裡面有目前世界上保存最完整的暴龍化石--Sue,博物館真的真的很大,花了四個小時,我們只看了埃及館和地球演化史,有時間的話應該可以在裡面待很久...




晚上NW法學院學生宿舍參訪行程

5/27. Morton Arboretum in the morning and Millenium Park in the afternoon. Hot Dog in Portillo's as our dinner.


5/28. Driving back to MN directly. Started at 9:30 am and arrived at MN around 4pm.

More photo are in http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/kambric/WIChicago2007_05_2428

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