We went into an old-fashioned inn for lunch. It served unique home cooking from back in the old days. The food portion was half the amount of a regular serving in a modern American restaurant. No wonder the Americans in the colonial time seemed a third of the size smaller. African Americans were noticeably the key servers in the inn to demonstrate the slave history—I was aware of the fact that all the customers around me were Caucasians. I was probably the only Asian there.
The most intriguing sign in the inn was the direction to “the necessary.” This was the first time I saw restroom was referred to as the necessary. I doubted people outside the inn understood the euphemism[委婉的說法].
Even though our tour time was limited in Williamsburg， I appreciated the ersatz [仿製的] experience—the colonial court house and a mock trial we attended， the public stock where wrongdoers were locked for public viewing， the horse wagons and the layout of the town. I couldn’t help thinking that while Americans have preserved its historical sites， China seems to have demolished numerous historical buildings for its modernized development. Perhaps this is my biggest revelation after the trip to the historic conservation.