这次NH之行,我们就住在如雷贯耳的Dartmouth College, Ivy League最小的学校。
学校三面环山,一面傍着connecticut River。来NH之前俺在Connecticut住了2年从来都没听说过Connecticut River, 到了Hanover才知道此河发源于加美边境,因在康州入海而得此名,更绝的是它还是New Hampshire和Vermont的分界线。星期天我们5人泛着NH租来的舟,看着Vermont的观光小火车在岸边缓缓驶过。
Dartmouth非常小,小到我们开始怀疑是不是每个人都互相认识,此观点后来在晚饭时得到印证,我们坐在街边的桌旁,一边暴殄着因大厨休假厨房一片混乱而得来的免费晚餐,一边观察隔壁桌的两个gg跟路过的每一个人寒暄。
NH的冬天漫长得离谱,从10月份到第二年的5月,听说因此这里的每个学生酒量都特别好,借以打发冬夜也能驱寒。还有,听说这里民风淳朴到夜不闭户的程度,学校的楼从来不关,自家的车也从来不锁。我跟ke晚上10点到外边溜达,居然一个人影都没有!Qmm说这里晚上6点以后就只有1家咖啡店还营业。我想我要是在这憋上两年,说不定能憋成个好孩子,嘿嘿。

NH还是个免税州呢。。呵呵
免啥税?吃饭的税8%呢!
Comment by xian — August 22, 2006 @ 10:36 pm
有个很大的免税酒店,你应该给ke抱回去一些的。我记得商品都免税的啊,吃饭什么时候开始要税了?吃的奢侈品??
Comment by xian~~ — August 24, 2006 @ 1:29 am
NH is one of only five states that does not impose any form of general sales tax upon the sale or use of tangible personal property within the state. New Hampshire does, however, levy a tax on meals, room occupancies, motor vehicle rentals, cigarettes, beer, wine, gasoline, and use of electricity (55 cents per megawatt-hour) and phone services (7 percent). A transfer tax is levied on real estate sales; currently 0.15 percent.
Comment by Wiki — August 24, 2006 @ 7:49 am
没啥新闻么?还是又出游了啊?
Comment by moon — September 14, 2006 @ 3:11 am
咋还不更新呢
Comment by TT — September 21, 2006 @ 8:39 am
最近怎么音讯皆无了呢
Comment by hwangyan — September 22, 2006 @ 7:40 pm