Gloucester ya shiga cikin jini. Ko dai babban bakin teku ne, koguna masu ɓoye, ko rairayin bakin teku, ko tarihin rayuwa masu rai, akwai wani abu game da wannan birni mai zurfi a ƙarshen duniya wanda ya kasance tare da kai.
An kafa shi a 1623, Gloucester yana daya daga cikin manyan garuruwan da ke cikin Amurka. Birnin ya kai ga matsayi mai kama da tashar kifi da tudun ruwa a cikin shekarun 1700 har zuwa yau yana kula da manyan jiragen ruwa masu tasowa duk da rage yawan kifi da ƙuntatawa da yawa.
Gidan jarida na Birnin Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial (wanda aka sani a gida kamar "Man at Wheel") ya lissafa sunayen mutane fiye da 5,300 da masu jiragen ruwa da suka rasa a teku a cikin tarihin birnin.
Gloucester ya janyo hankalin masu zane-zane iri iri a yankunansa, musamman Winslow Homer da Gloucester 'yar kasar Fitz Henry Lane, da kuma Colony Rocky Neck Art na daya daga cikin tsoffin yankunan fasaha a kasar. Mutane masu yawa, masu marubuta, masu zane-zane, masu bugawa, da mawaƙa suna zuwa Gloucester a kowace shekara, dukansu suna neman wahayi a cikin yanayinsa, hali, da tarihinsa.
Duk da yake yana iya ganin cewa yawancin da ake kira Gloucester ya kwanta a cikin kwanakin baya, wata rana a nan ya nuna al'umma da ke girma a cikin kanta. Rashin kwalliya na masu fasaha da masu sana'a yana nufin birnin yana ci gaba da zama sabon abu, koda yake yana da girman kai a kan teku.
Ga dalilai na uku don tafiya tafiya zuwa rana zuwa Gloucester.
Shop
Gloucester yana da gida ga mafi yawan shaguna, shaguna na kaya, da shaguna na musamman fiye da zan iya lissafa a nan, amma Lynzariums misali ne na halin kirki na Gloucester. Mai mallaki da Arewa maso yammacin Lynday Maver yana ba da launi na fure-fure da fure-fure, cacti, da masu tsayayye, da dama sun shirya su cikin fasikanci guda daya (Lyndsay + terrariums = Lynzariums).
"Na fara saka tsire-tsire a cikin jirgi wata rana," in ji ta, "hada nau'o'i daban-daban na duwatsu, yashi, da sanduna, wasa tare da launi daban-daban na masu saurayi da cacti".
A duk titin, duba Bita 211, an ɓoye a ɓoye na ƙasa na wani tsofaffin tsofaffin alhakin da ke kan iyakar kogin. A cikin sararin samaniya yana cike da kayan ado, kayan ado, da kuma iyakancewar rashin daidaituwa. Kana son jaket tweed don $ 30? Wannan wuri yana da 20 daga cikinsu.
Main Street ita ce babbar kasuwar cinikayyar gari, tare da manyan shaguna na musamman (Dress Code da Ayaba su ne ƙananan gida), Kantin sayar da littattafai na Gloucester, Mystery Train Records, da kuma zaɓuɓɓuka masu yawa don kyauta da kuma kayan gida. Hoton mai suna Bodin Historic Photo ne mai ƙaunar mutum da kuma babban wuri don samun hangen nesa da Gloucester a zamanin d ¯ a.
"Abin da nake so a kan Cape Ann shine zaku sami kadan daga kome," in ji Maver, "kuma ina gano kullun da yawa da ba a taɓa gani ba."
Dine
Yawancin mutane suna jin "Gloucester" kuma suna tunanin kullun lobster da gurasa. Kuma a, za ka iya samun wadancan masu yawa, amma akwai karin wurin cin abinci a nan fiye da gabar teku.
A lokacin bazara, kasuwar da ke garin Gloucester na Annisquam ya buɗe ƙofar kuma ya ba da abinci mafi kyau a Greater Boston. An kafa shi da 'yan kasuwa biyu na Chez Panisse, wannan ƙananan, mai cike da gidan abincin da ke da wuya a kan sabo, kayan aiki na gida da kuma shirye-shiryen sauki. Yi la'akari da ravioli daji tare da ricotta ko Maine ribeye tare da man shanu da kuma soyayyen dankali. Kuma ra'ayin da yake kallon Lobster Cove kawai ba za a iya doke ta ba.
Cibiyar 'yar'uwar' yar'uwar kasuwannin, Short da Main, tana buɗewa shekara guda kuma tana kawo wannan falsafanci zuwa menu na pizzas da aka yi da itace, da antipasti, da kuma nau'ikan kayan ado, kuma ɗakin Birdseye Bar na sama suna raira waƙa da abubuwan da suka faru a cikin shekara . Duckworth's Bistrot ne mafi ƙarancin yankin na Faransanci na yau da kullum kamar duck confit da alade loin au poivre.
Idan lobster abu ne mai kyau, kai kawai kan kan iyakokin zuwa Rockport zuwa Lobster Pool, kullun lobster da ke da kyau inda za ku iya ci a kan duwatsu (a kan manyan duwatsu) tare da raƙuman ruwa a cikin ƙafãfunku da kuma Atlantic zuwa ga sararin sama.
Ɗaya daga cikin ba'a iya kuskure ba? Gwada Gurasar Alexandra. Wanda aka mallake shi kuma mai sarrafa shi ne Jon Hardy da Alexandra Rhinelander, wannan dan jarida mai tsami ya fitar da burodi mai ban mamaki, bishiyoyi masu mahimmanci, da lakabi masu ban mamaki a kowace shekara. Ku tafi da wuri (ko ku kira gaba) da kuma ɗoraba da tsalle-tsire mai suna Rosemary ko zaitun baguette har yanzu zafi daga tanda. Cikakke idan kuna shirin kullin a bakin rairayin bakin teku.
Hike
Duk da yake rairayin bakin teku na Gloucester na samun mafi yawan hankali, gudun hijira a nan yana kawo nauyin nasa. Ravenswood Park yana dauke da fiye da kadada 600 na dutsen dutsen, ruffan bishiyoyi, da giraben dutse, tare da miliyoyin hanyoyi da tsofaffin hanyoyi masu dacewa don yin tafiya ko tafiya. Ledge Hill Trail yana hawa a hankali ta cikin dazuzzuka don kaucewa tare da hangen nesa a kan Gloucester Harbour, Eastern Point, da Atlantic gaba.
Ga wani yanayi mai ban mamaki da tafiya mai zurfi ta tarihin Gloucester, kai kan Dogtown Common kuma shiga cikin bishiyoyi. Dogtown yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙauyukan farko a Gloucester kuma tarihinsa haɗuwa ne da gaskiya. Maƙalau, zane-zane, da sauran kayan halayen suna cike da tarihinsa, kuma a yau baƙi masu yawo a kan hanyoyi suna iya samo ramukan cellar da suka gabata tun farkon wannan sulhu. Amma abubuwan da aka fi sani da abubuwan da aka fi sani da su sune kalmomin da aka yi amfani da ita - "ƙarfin zuciya", "Idan aikin ya ƙetare farashin kuɗi," da kuma "ku tsayar da kudade," misali-kwamishinan Roger Babson (wanda ya kafa Kwalejin Babson) a cikin shekarun 1930.
Oh, kuma ba ku ji shi ba daga gare mu, amma tsalle-tsalle ne wani abin da yake faruwa a Gloucester.