Nā mea eʻike ai i ka holoʻana i ka holo no nā Roses ma Louisville
ʻO ka Pōʻakahi mua i Mei he mea like me ka Kentucky Derby. ʻAʻohe mea kānalua i kēlā me kēia makahiki "Holo no nā Roses" e like me ka 160,000+ poʻe e hauʻoli ana no ka mea a lākou i uku ai. ʻO ka mea i hana nui ai ka Derby nuiʻaʻoleʻo ia wale nō ka mua o ka Triple Crown o ka hoʻoholo lio, akāʻo ka hauʻoli pāʻani e hoʻopuni ana i ka pā. Ma waena o nā wāhine i loko o nā'aʻaleʻa, nā mea kaulana i kaʻaʻahu nani, a me nā Mint Juleps,ʻo ka Kentucky Derby he mau haʻawina likeʻole ia e like me nā mea pāʻani'ē aʻe.
Mai pīhoihoi aiʻole eʻikeʻoe i "nā minukeʻelua loa i nā haʻuki" ma Churchill Downs ma Louisville, Kentucky. ʻO ka uku no ka heleʻanaʻaʻole kūʻai maʻalahi wale nō, akā, he mea hoʻokahi no ka papa inoa o ka baila. Inā makemakeʻoe e nānā aku i ka lehulehu i loko o ka papaʻahaʻaina aiʻole eʻoluʻolu i ka pāʻina ma loko, he wahi noʻoe e lawe ai i kekahi o nā kuʻuna nui o America.
Kāleka
Manaʻo paha iʻole aiʻoleʻaʻole,ʻo ka heleʻana i ke Kinohi o Kentucky he maʻalahi. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i ka lā o ka hui a uku i $ 60 no kaʻaeʻana. (Ke hoʻolako houʻia nei no $ 55 inā kūʻaiʻoe mai Ianuali 1 a hiki i ka lā ma mua o ka heihei.) Ke komo wale ke komoʻana i ke ala, ke komo i kaʻaoʻao, a me ke komoʻana i ka papa, no lailaʻaʻole ia keʻano mua eʻike ai i ka heihei. He nui ka leʻaleʻa o ka pāʻina ma loko, akā,ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i ka mea maikaʻi e pili ana i ka hopena ma ke mele.
Inā eʻimi anaʻoe i ka nānā maikaʻi aku i ka māhele, hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai i nā tiketi ma ka papa kiʻekiʻe.
Ināʻoe e hoʻopaʻa inoa no nāʻike ma ka pūnaewele Kentucky Derby ma mua o ke kau waena oʻOkakopa o ka makahiki i hala, e loaʻa iāʻoe ka leka uila ma ka mahinaʻoʻOkakopa e hoʻomaopopo iāʻoe i ka wā e hele ai nā tickets ma ke kūʻai aku i ka presale premium. Hoʻomaka ka kūʻai kūʻai ma ka pūnaewele ma waena o Nowemapa me nā noho āpau a pau no ka kūʻai. (ʻO nā kuʻuna kokoke kokoke i ka pauʻana i kaʻikeʻole i ke kūʻaiʻana i ka lehulehu.) Ua kūʻaiʻia nā bikolane e like me kahi pōʻai e komo pū ana i nā kenekino Kentucky o nā lāʻelua (ʻo ka wahine hoʻohālike wahine o ka Kentucky Derby) a me ka hala o ka lā Satetonaʻo Keentocky.
ʻO nā tickets mākaʻikaʻi loa i ka Paʻa Kū'ē e hele no $ 319 ka hōʻaia no nā kauʻelua. ʻAʻole nā kūʻai i kūʻaiʻia ma o ka presale kūʻai e kūʻai aku i nā lāʻelua ma hope.
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e loaʻa nā tiketi ma o ka māhele mua, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā mau aku i ka māka kiʻekiʻe. ʻIke i keʻano o nā koho kūpono i kaʻaeʻana i nā tikiki e like me Stubhub a iʻole kahi'ākele'aileka (e manaʻo i ka Kayak no nā'ahamele haʻuki) e like me SeatGeek, ka mea i heluʻole i nā pahu mai Stubhub. Māhuahua ka nui o ka uku kūʻai ma kaʻeleʻele ma ka hopena o ka holoʻana o ka lāhui no ka meaʻaʻole i nui ka nānāʻana o kaʻaha kanaka a hiki i ka pule o ka hala. Aia kahi puka make make maikaʻi e kūʻai i nā tickets mai Fepeluali a hiki iʻApelila mua.
Loaʻa i laila
Hōʻaikaʻi nā Louisville i ka mea kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka mea maʻamau (ʻikeʻiaʻo ka hōʻailona hopena) no ka mea e hele mai anaʻo Kentucky Derby i ke kūlanakauhale a uaʻike nā'aea hae eʻike kiʻekiʻeʻia kēlā noi. ʻO nā alakaʻi maʻamau, ma nā kūlanakauhale nui paha, e hoʻopili i $ 1,000 aʻoi aʻe paha inā loaʻa ka loaʻa aʻoi aku ka nui o ka helu. Hāʻawi kēia i kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻohana ai i kāu mauʻoihanaʻelima mile e uku no ka holoʻana ma mua o ke kālā no ka mea,ʻaʻole e loli ke kumukūʻai ma nā mile keʻano likeʻole i ka uku maʻamau i ka hoʻohālikeʻana i ka uku o nā kumukūʻai. He kūpono ka nānāʻana i nā flights a me nā pilina ināʻoe eʻimi ana e mālama i kekahi kālā ma kāu huakaʻi.
ʻO ke ala maʻalahi loa e nānā ai i ka mahukaʻana me ka Kayak hui kaiaulu keʻoleʻoe eʻike pono i kaʻoihana ea e makemakeʻoe e hele.
Hiki iāʻoe ke kiʻi iā Louisville mai nā kūlanakauhale likeʻole ma Midwest. ʻAʻole i emi o Louisville ma lalo oʻelua hola mai Cincinnati, Indianapolis, a me Lexington. ʻO kahi oʻelua lā hora o Dayton,ʻo Columbus a me Nashville kahi iʻekolu paha hora. Hiki iāʻoe ke nānā aku i ka manaʻo o ka leleʻana i kekahi o kēlā mau kūlanakauhale a kālepa maila mai laila mai ināʻaʻoleʻoe e noʻonoʻo e hoʻohui i mau hola hou i kāu huakaʻi.
Ke hiki aku neiʻoe ma Louisville, makemakeʻoe e hoʻohana i kahi kaʻa e hiki ai i Churchill Downs. (Mai hoʻopoinaʻoe e uku no kahi kaʻahua, no laila e nānā i kahi kaʻa kaʻa e lilo i mea makemake āu e hana ai.)ʻO ka koho'ē aʻe e komo pū me ke kaʻa, mai ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Louisville i ke ala no ka $ 20 āpau- hele.
E hoʻomaka i nā koho a me nā hāmele ma ka hola 7:30 am a hoʻomau i 8:30 pm i ka lā Sāki a me ka Pōʻalima. Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe iāʻoe i ke alahele, akā, e kau palenaʻia ka hoʻolakoʻana i ka koi i ka hopena o ka hopena o Kentucky Derby.
Kahi e noho ai
ʻO nā kumukūʻai o ka hōkele ma a me Louisville mau mea kiʻekiʻe loa no kaʻikeʻo Kentucky Derby. ʻO nā inoa hōkele inoa ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Louisville e hele no $ 800 aʻoi aʻe paha i ka pō. ʻAʻole kokoke nāʻokoʻa e pili kokoke ana i ka papaʻaina no ka mea aia ke kahua mokulele kokoke kokoke i Churchill Downs. No ka mālamaʻana i ke kālā, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā hokele ma kahi mamao aku mai ke kūlanakauhale aʻo Churchill Downs paha, kahi e nānā ana i nā hōkele ma kēiaʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ma Jeffersonville, Indiana. ʻO kāu koho kūpono loa no ka huliʻana i nā hōkele he mea hoʻohana ma ka Trip Advisor a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolako i nāʻimi maʻamau o nā hale i loaʻa a me nā hōʻike maikaʻi kūpono i ka poʻe kūʻai aku.
Eia kekahi, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā hale hoʻolimalima ma ka'āpana Louisville. Nui nā koho a me nā mea hale e nānā ana e hana i kekahi mau hōʻailona me ke Kentucky Derby. He maikaʻi loa ka hoʻolakoʻana ma kahi kūʻai ma muli o kēia a me ka hakakā o nā mea kūʻai kūʻaiʻole e pono ai ke alakaʻi aku i kekahi hopohopo. A laila e loaʻa ai kekahi mau hana maikaʻi i laila noʻoe, no laila ponoʻoe e nānā i nā pūnaewele e like me AirBNB, VRBO, a HomeAway paha.
Aia ma Churchill Downs
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokomoʻana iāʻoe e hele i ke Kentucky Derby. He nui nā kānaka iʻaʻahuʻia i nā nino,ʻo ia hoʻi keʻano o nāʻaʻahu a me nā lole pāʻani a me nā wāhine e komo ana i nāʻaʻahu a me nā lei. Hoʻololi ka pāpale lole ma muli o nāʻano likeʻole o Churchill Downs, no laila e nānā i kā lākou pūnaewele e nānā i nā kūpono a pau.
Ke hikiʻoe i kahi alahele, makemake pahaʻoe eʻike i kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe keʻalo a puni. E pō anaʻo Gates i ka 8 am me ka hua mua e hoʻomaka ana i ka hora 10:30 am. No ka nohoʻana o kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe, hikiʻole iāʻoe ke kuleana e e like me ke kaʻa e like me kāu e hana ai ma kahi pahu pahu maʻamau no ka mea aia kahi noho ma kēlā mau wahi.
Ma kahi o ka Paʻaho, e hiki iāʻoe ke hele a puni i waho o ka Papa Kū'ē aʻike i ka nā lio e kau i nā lio i ka papa. Ināʻoe i loko o ka'ōpū me ke komoʻana o ka lehulehu,ʻaʻoleʻoe e hiki ke haʻalele i kahi'āpana.
Akā,ʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke lawe mai i kekahi mea inu i Churchill Downs i ka hopena o Kentucky Derby. Hiki ke pāpāʻia ka waiʻona, nā kīʻaha, nā mimili, nā kīʻaha, nā'ōmoleʻeleʻele, a me nā pahu. Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe mai i nā meaʻai i loko o nā pekeʻike paʻa paʻa kahi lōʻihi e like me ka nui. Hiki ke loaʻa nāʻike piha i nā mea a me nā mea i'āponoʻoleʻia maʻaneʻi.
ʻO nā kapu i ka mea hiki iāʻoe ke lawe mai iā Churchill Downsʻaʻole ia he manaʻoʻaʻoleʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi ma ka heihei. ʻO ka meaʻoi loa, he hui hāʻuleʻole me kahi poʻe'ōpio. Makemakeʻoe e like meʻoe i kahi pāʻina pāʻani aʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i ka heihei'ē aʻe ma mua o ka uhi nui, akā hikiʻoleʻoe e mālama. I kēia manawa ma kahiʻaoʻao o ke alanui, uaʻoliʻoli ka mea hana hale i ko lākou Mint Juleps a me kaʻoluʻolu loa.
ʻO nā koho kaiʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻomanaʻoʻole, akā e mahalo nuiʻoe i ka bebe ma mua o nā koho'ē aʻe. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i loko o kahi mamao mai kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe e nānā i ka wahi i kūʻaiʻia ai a kūʻai mai i ka mea kūʻai maikaʻi.
Ka'āinaʻo Bourbon
Ke hōʻeha neiʻoe i kou manawa ināʻaʻoleʻoe e nānā i kahi pahu kukuni pila ma kahi.
ʻO Bourbon ka waika momona loa loa e hele ana iʻAmelika i kēia mau lā aʻo Kentucky ke home o ia. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe makemake e hele mamao ma waho o Louisville, hiki iāʻoe keʻono i ka hana me kaʻikeʻo Evan Williams a me kaʻike Bulleit. Inā makemakeʻoe e hele, ke'ōlelo aku nei au i ka mea nāna i hana Mark, kahi hola i ka hema o Louisville, aiʻole Buffalo Trace,ʻo ia ka hora i ka hikina. Loaʻa nā koho koho, he mea leʻaleʻa wale nō, a hiki iāʻoe ke hana i kāu pēmole pono'ī e hoʻi i ka home ma ka Maker's Mark.
Hele i Louisville
Ua loaʻa maikaʻiʻo Downtown Louisville ma nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Ināʻoe i loko o keʻano o kahi steak nui, aiaʻoe ma kahi kūpono. ʻAʻoleʻoe e hewa ma waena o St. Charles Exchange, kaʻOiwiʻOiwi a me ka Steakhouse, aiʻoleʻo Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, kahi eʻoliʻoli nui aiʻoe i nā iwi he 65 mau lā. Hoʻomanaʻo pūʻia nā mea kikoo ma St. Charles Exchange a me Z's Oyster Bar a me kahi hānai,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo St. Chuck Burger ma mua,ʻo ia ka mea e lawe mai iāʻoe i kahi keiki hipa nui loa e kau ana ma kahi mūkini Beretania. Hōʻike i ka hōʻike ma Main e hāʻawi mai i kahi popo bison nui, kahi hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa me nā fried French i ke kūlanakauhale. A ināʻaʻoleʻoe i maʻi i nā mea'ūkeke i kēia manawa, hoʻolaha maikaʻi ka B & B me ka habanero jam, brie, a me ka puaʻa.
ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hele mai i Louisville me ka loaʻaʻole o ka meaʻai i ka'eneka laka, kahi iʻikeʻia heʻano wela. Hoʻokumu ke Kaona Brown i kēia olawīwī turkey i mua o ka puaʻa a me ka moneki. Hiki i ka moa he mea e ola ai ma ke kūkulu hema, no laila e makemake anaʻoe e hopu i kahi Southern Fried Jumbo Chicken Wings me kahi pipi palaoa ma Shirley Mae's Café. ʻO ka poʻe eʻimi ana i kahi mea maʻalahi ma keʻano o ka meaʻaina kai e hiki ke hele i Wagner's Pharmacy, e hōʻike ana i kahi Derby Sandwich, kahi hui nui o ham, cheese, and mayo.
Ma kahi liʻiliʻi loa ma waho o ke kauhale, eʻikeʻoe i nā pōʻai pua puaʻa nani ma ka BBQ Feast. Ināʻoe i loko o keʻano no ka barbecue, akā,ʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke haʻalele i ka wahi me kahiʻole o ka momona momona maikaʻi, e like me ke keiki hipa. Loaʻa iāʻoeʻo Ole Hickory Pit, kahi kokoke loa i ka'aekele.
ʻAʻole pahaʻoe e manaʻo e loaʻa i ka pizza nui loa ma Louisville, akāʻo ia ka mea e loaʻa iāʻoe ma Garage Bar. He mea maʻalahi ka Margherita, akā, he mea maikaʻi a hoʻonui aku i ka'āpana'āina,ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo maikaʻi.
ʻO ka poʻe eʻimi ana i kahi hauʻoli maikaʻi he mau koho. ʻO ka menu hāwanawana whisky i ka kālā kālā he mea makemake nui ia. He meaʻoluʻolu pahaʻo El Camino no ka hōʻikeʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni paʻakikī, akā naʻe,ʻo kā lākou hale hana'ūlapa i hanaʻia i loko o kā lākou loiloiʻana e lawe i nā mea inu. Hōʻikeʻia ma Main ka mea nani ma ka 21c Museum Hotel, kahi e kau ai i ka pā, e like me nā mea inu. Ināʻoi aku ka nui o kāu mea a laila Magnolia Bar & Grill kāu wahi. He meaʻuʻuku nā mea inu, hoʻohenehene nā kaikamāhine ma nā papaʻaina, a laila e mālama ai ka jukebox iāʻoe ma laila i ka pō a pau. ʻOiai uaʻikeʻia kēia mau wahi no kā lākou whisky, no laila, kahiʻoi aku kahi maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o Haymarket Whiskey Bar, nāna i hāʻawi aku ma luna o 100 mau pākani a me nā mele ola.