Ubusika bufike ngokusemthethweni ngomhla zingama-21 kuZibandlela, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, iziphepho ezingenamusa ezivunguza imimoya yase-arctic zalahla amathani eqhwa eMidwest naseCanada. Kodwa lapha eMedithera enelanga, inganekwane ka-Ovid ka-Halcyon ibonakala ingokoqobo kakhulu. Inkulumo ethi "Izinsuku Ze-Halcyon" ivela enkolelweni yamaGreki yasendulo yokuthi izinsuku eziyishumi nane zesimo sezulu esizolile, esikhazimulayo zifika esikhathini esithile phakathi nenkathi yasebusika - yilapho inyoni yomlingo i-halcyon ithulisa ubuso bolwandle isidleke sayo. Yeka isikhathi esihle sokuhlola umhlaba wasendulo.
Uhambo lwethu lwesihlanu kulo nyaka, sikhethe ukugubha amaholide e-Norwegian Jade (phambilini eyayaziwa ngokuthi Ukuziqhenya kwaseHawaii). Umngane wethu omuhle nozakwethu we-ejenti yezokuvakasha u-Leslie Darga uhlale ekhuluma kahle nge-NCL, ecaphuna idumela eliqinile lokukhetha izindlela zohambo ezinamachweba okushaya ucingo athakazelisayo. Isici esisithengise ngesikhathi samaholide sihamba ngomkhumbi i-Jade bekuwuhambo lwezinsuku eziyi-14 oluhlanganisa kokubili imigubho kaKhisimusi kanye noNcibijane, olungena ngokuphelele phakathi kwezifundo zasenyuvesi. Njengomfundisi kanye nomfundi we-grad, isikhathi sasibalulekile.
Kodwa izinkathazo mayelana ne-Pride of Hawaii ehamba kahle ebusika iMedithera zazisemthethweni futhi zifakwe kakhulu ku-inthanethi. Phela, lo mkhumbi ekuqaleni wawakhiwe njengomkhumbi ohamba emanzini aseHawaiian ashisayo, hhayi njengomkhumbi ophihliza iqhwa ophindwe kabili, njengenganekwane uMarco Polo, ifulegi lenkampani yakudala ye-NCL i-Orient Lines. Ngempela, ukushintsha igama libe yi-Jade akuyona into efanayo nokufaka umkhumbi ngophahla lwengilazi oluhlehlekayo phezu kwechibi noma ukwenza ezinye izinguquko ze-latitude ephezulu.
Safika e-Barcelona nge-EasyJet, enye yezindiza zesaphulelo eziningi ezisuka eMilan. Kanye neRyan Air, lezi zinkampani zezindiza zingabathwali abadumile abanemali yokuthengisa ephansi njengesenti. “Kushibhile, kushibhile, kushibhile” kwakhala i-halcyon - intela yethu kaKhisimusi yayingama-euro angama-21 kuphela indlela ngayinye.
Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Barcelona El Prat siqhele ngemizuzu engama-20 ukusuka e-Puerto Muelle Adosado, lapho i-Jade ibimiswe khona. I-Port Terminal B ibiyintsha, ihlanzekile, futhi isebenza kahle. Nakuba imitha yetekisi yethu ifunde ama-euro angu-21.50, ngesikhathi umshayeli engeza izinkokhelo ezengeziwe zomthwalo, ukufinyelela esikhumulweni sezindiza, ukufinyelela echwebeni, futhi ngokunokwenzeka nemali ekhokhwayo ethi “Ngihogela isivakashi esingenasidingo”, isamba safika ngisho kuma-euro angu-37.
Ukungena kwaba umzuzwana, futhi izihambeli ezifike ngaphambi kwesikhathi zamenywa ukuba zizojabulela izindawo zomphakathi zomkhumbi kuze kube yilapho amagumbi ahlala elungile. Sazulazula ku-Garden Café buffet futhi sajabulela ukubona i-buffet yengane enhle enamatafula amancane kwabancane. Indawo ye-buffet mhlawumbe incane kunazo zonke esike sayibona kunoma yimuphi umkhumbi odayiswa ngobuningi, kodwa yayigcwele futhi inezinhlobo eziningi zokudla ezithokozisa ulwanga lwaseMelika.
I-Cabin 5608, indawo eyisisekelo yokubuka ulwandle, yayihlanzekile, itholakala kalula phakathi nomkhumbi, futhi inombhede olingana nendlovukazi othokomele ngokumangalisayo. Igumbi lokugezela lalicwebezelayo, linendawo yokugeza enkulu evalwe ngengilazi yobumfihlo. Indawo yangasese encane ingabangela izinkinga ku-claustrophobics lapho umnyango wengilazi wayo uvaliwe. I-Spearmint yanusa ijeli yeshawa ebukhali ye-Elemis, kanye nensipho yesandla ewuketshezi - i-lavender ye-oh-so-heavenly - yaqhola ikhabethe lethu ngephunga elicashile kwangathi amasimu ezimbali ezinsomi ngokuphaphathekile akhula endle e-Yorkshire Dales aseduze nokuphonswa kwetshe.
Naphezu kokuthunyelwa kwayo kwasekuqaleni, i-Pride of Hawaii isebenza kahle njenge-Norwegian Jade yasolwandle yasebusika. Abaklami bemikhumbi bakha amanani abalulekile okulawula isimo sezulu emkhunjini, ngakho-ke lokho okwakuhloselwe ekuqaleni ukugcina ukushisa kungangeni, nakho kusebenza kahle kakhulu ukugcina ukushisa kungaphakathi.
Yiqiniso, ayikho i-dome ehlehliswa phezu kwechibi, kodwa lokho akuzange kuvimbe intsha ekhuthele ukuba ichithe amahora amaningi ibukela i-water slide. Indawo yokubhukuda ayihlanganisi iphesenti elikhulu lendawo yomphakathi noma kunjalo, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi abaklami babazi ukuthi kuzoba nentshisekelo enkulu yokuzijabulisa emabhishi ase-Hawaiian abukeka kahle kunase-piscine encane kune-pristine. (Ngiyaxolisa isiFulentshi sami.)
Ngokwami, ngincamela ukungahambi ku-sauna egcwele ingilazi egcwele i-chlorine lapho ngisendleleni eya endaweni yokudlela. Ukuphefumula komoya omusha isikhashana noma amabili akuvamile ukulimaza noma ubani. Abanye abagibeli bazwakalise ukudelela i-motif yaseHawaii ephuma yonke indawo kuyo yonke indawo (ukuleles, Aloha amahembe, amasundu kakhukhunathi, i-hibiscus ne-polloi yasePolynesia zihlobisa kakhulu kulo lonke udonga), futhi abamangali okukhulunywe ngabo ngenhla banomuzwa wokuthi i-NCL yayibophekile ngandlela thize ukushintsha itimu emkhunjini ukuze ihambisane negama elisha. Abahlulekile ukukubona ukuthi ayikho inkampani engabuyekeza izinto zangaphakathi njalo uma ibeka kabusha umkhumbi. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, njengenhlonipho evamile, isivakashi esimenyiwe akufanele neze sigxeke ukunambitheka komsingathi waso ekuhlobiseni.
Umqondisi wamahhotela e-Jade u-Dwen Binns uthe “I-Jade empeleni iwumkhumbi ofanayo nowe-Jewel, iGem, i-Pearl, i-Dawn, ne-Star, futhi ingahamba ngomkhumbi emhlabeni wonke. Ubuye wengeza wathi, “I-Pearl kanye neGem banezindawo zokuphosa lapho eminye imikhumbi ithole khona izitolo zabo zezipho.”
Uhambo lwethu lolwandle oluya e-Rome nase-Vatican lwaqala ethekwini lolwandle lase-Civitavecchia, cishe amamayela angu-50 enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeThe Eternal City. Ku-$259 umuntu ngamunye, lolu bekuwuhambo lwethu olubiza kakhulu, futhi ngisalulama ekushaqekeni kwesitikha; kodwa kwaziwa ukuthi zimbalwa izinto e-Italy ezishibhile. Ukuvakasha kwethu eMnyuziyamu waseVatican kwembule izinkulungwane zengcebo kapapa, okuhlanganisa nesithombe sikaLeonardo da Vinci sikaSaint Jerome, imidwebo eminingana kaCaravaggio, kanye neqoqo elikhulu lemisebenzi ka-Raphael oyingcweti. Inkanyezi ecwebezelayo yeqoqo iSistine Chapel, lapho amaphaneli adumile kaMichelangelo asukela “Ekudalweni kuka-Adamu” kuya “Esahlulelweni Sokugcina” ehlobisa usilingi nezindonga. Emafidi ambalwa ukusuka lapho ephuma khona emnyuziyamu kukhona i-Basilica of Saint Peter, isonto elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Umnyango ongcwele, ovulwa kanye kuphela eminyakeni engama-25, wavalwa ngosimende, ngemva kokusetshenziswa kokugcina phakathi nemikhosi yeminyaka eyinkulungwane. Ngaphakathi kwezindonga ezingcwele, i-Pietà icwebezela ngokufudumele ngaphansi kwezibani ezithambile, ngokuphepha ngemva kwengilazi engangenwa izinhlamvu, okungaphezu kwamandla ohlanya abahlanya abaphethe izando. Ithuna likaSt. Peter lingaphansi kwe-altare eliphakeme. Umqondisi wethu, uMario, ukhombe amafulethi lapho uPapa Benedictus XVI ehlala khona, kanye nevulandi lapho uSua Santità aletha khona imisa kaKhisimusi phakathi kwamabili. Izisebenzi zazihlanganisa isakhiwo sokuzalwa sikaJesu esimangalisayo ngaphansi kweveyili likathayela owugqinsi kwaze kwaba yilapho kuqala umgubho okhethekile we-yuletide.
Ngemva kohambo lwethu lwase-Vatican, siphinde sangena e-Italy ukuze sibone umqhele we-Imperial Rome: i-Flavian Amphitheatre, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Colosseum. Ngo-1749, uPapa Benedict XIV wamemezela ukuthi iColosseum iyindawo engcwele, kuyilapho amaKristu okuqala ayebulawelwe ukholo phakathi kwezindonga zawo. Abathengisi bazo zonke izinhlobo zezikhumbuzo babekhona ukuze bathuthukise ukukhanga komlando, kuyilapho abalingisi abagqoke izingubo zekhulu lekhulu laseRoma babehlale bejabule phakathi kwama-op ezithombe.
Ichweba lethu lesibili, i-Napoli enhle, bekuphithizela abathengi ngesikhathi sangaphambi kukaKhisimusi bekhetha izinto zemikhosi yedili likaKhisimusi. E-Italy, uKhisimusi uwumkhosi ongokwenkolo, futhi izingane zilinda kuze kube u-January 6 ukuze zithole amathoyizi azo. I-Via San Gregorio Armeno, umzila omncane ogcwele izitolo zikaKhisimusi, ubonisa izinkulungwane zamasethi okuzalwa kukaJesu asukela kokuthobekile kuya kokuphakeme. Ubaba uDiamund, elungiselela imisa yomkhumbi phakathi kwamabili, wafuna izithombe ezincane zezenkolo kulaba banikazi bezitolo ukuze anikeze izingane ezizothamela umgubho. Ngemva kokuthola ukuthi wayengumphristi, umthengisi waseNapolitan wanikela ngemifanekiso ye-Baby Jesus engu-500 kumfundisi, owabelana ngayo nabo bonke abantu ababethamele imisa (ngitshelwe ukuthi bacishe babe ngu-500). Akekho ongaphuthelwa ukuphumula kwami kobuhle, ngaya eSt. Mattress of The Springs ngalobo busuku.
Isiko lamakhulu eminyaka lokuzalwa kukaNapolitan lihlehlela emuva eminyakeni eyinkulungwane. Sivakashele umbukiso wokuzalwa ku-Complesso Monumentale di San Severo al Pendino nge-Via Duomo, eyethulwa i-Associazione Italiana Amici del Presepio, iqoqo layo elibonisa ubuciko bamasiko nomlando obuklanywe abaqophi abadumile base-Italy. Ngokwe-Associazione, umbhalo ukhuluma ngokuzalwa kwesonto lika-Santa Maria del Presepe ngo-1025. Ngo-1340, u-Sancia di Maiorca (indlovukazi kaRobert d'Anjou) wanikeza ukuzalwa ku-Order of Clarisse izindela lapho evula entsha. ibandla. Isithombe seNcasakazi uMariya (i-Vergine Puerperal) esivela kulokho kuzalwa kuka-Angevin manje sigcinwe eSigodlweni sezindela saseCertosa di San Martino.
Usuku lukaKhisimusi lwalugujwa olwandle, phakathi kwe-Norwegian Jade ehlotshiswe ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngenqwaba yezihlahla zikaKhisimusi ezicwazimulayo, izinkulungwane zezibani zikaKhisimusi, kanye nokucwayiza okuyisigidi emehlweni ezingane ezijabule ezivakashela ne-Jolly Old Elf, indawo yethu yokungcebeleka entantayo ibe yindawo yeholide. Isidlo sakusihlwa sikakhisimusi bekuyimikhosi ethokozisayo futhi sigcwala kamnandi, sinezidlo eziwubukhazikhazi bemali yokugibela emnandi. Umcimbi oyingqayizivele weholide e-Stardust Theatre ubonise izingoma ezindala nezintsha, ezidlalwa abasha nabanomdlandla abacula nabadansi abanekhono, imilayezo yabo eyakhayo yenjabulo esabalalisa injabulo nethemba phakathi kwezihambeli zomkhumbi, ezibalelwa ku-2300 futhi zisuka ku-63 ezahlukene. izizwe. Bekuyithuba lethu lokugqoka othayi bethu abasha be-Charlie Brown kanye ne-Snoopy, futhi sime kwelinye lamasethi amaningi ezithombe ukuze sithwebule ubusuku bomlingo.
Ichweba lethu lesithathu, i-Alexandria, linikeze ithuba lokuvakashela imibhoshongo emihle yaseGiza. Uhambo lwebhasi lwamahora amabili nesigamu oluya e-Cairo, oluhlelwe ngabakwa-Nasco Tours, beluqondiswa ubuhle baseGibhithe obuhlakaniphile futhi obusemthethweni okuthiwa u-Randa. Njengeziqu zaseyunivesithi kwezokuvakasha, u-Randa wayenolwazi olunzulu nge-hieroglyphs, izimangaliso zezwe lasendulo, namasiko aseGibhithe phakathi nenkulungwane yeminyaka. Wayekhuluma isiNgisi njengenkosazana yase-Arabia, futhi egqoke i-classy couture evela e-Miuccia Prada. Phakathi nohambo lwethu lwamahora angu-13, ngomusa waphula isimiso esisemthethweni kabili, ukuze abagibeli abacindezelekile bakwazi ukuvakashela izimo eziphuthumayo emakhemisi endawo.
Isihlalo esingaphambili somqeqeshi besigcinelwe unogada ohlomile ohambisana neqembu kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni. Nokho, ngalolu suku wahluleka ukuvela emsebenzini. Lapho sifika eGiza, awazange ashodeke amaphoyisa ezivakashi ahlome ngezibhamu kuwo wonke amatshe esikhumbuzo asendulo. Singalindele, amaphoyisa amabili agqoke iyunifomu eza kithi lapho simi phambi kwemibhoshongo ewubhoshongo, acela ikhamera yethu, asithwebula izithombe. Ngemva kokuhlangana kafushane, basitshela ukuthi bafuna imali ye-“baksheesh” yabo (ithiphu). Hhayi labo ababezophikisana nanoma ubani ophethe izibhamu zomshini, uMarco wabanika i-euro ngamunye. Base bethi akwanele futhi bafuna okungenani ama-euro amabili lilinye, ngakho wabanikeza amanye ama-euro ambalwa futhi saqhubekela phambili ngokushesha.
URanda ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokugwema amaqola kumaphiramidi. Ukhulume ngomkhonyovu ovamile wokumema isivakashi esingasoli lutho ukuba sigibele ikamela lamahhala, ethathela izivakashi izithombe zihlezi phezu kwesilwane esibude obungamamitha angu-8, wabe esememezela kamuva ukuthi imali yokwehla ekameleni yayingu-$100.
Njengoba ngiqonde kumqeqeshi ngemva kokuvakashela amaphiramidi, wona kanye amaphoyisa ezivakashi ahlome ngezibhamu eza kimi, efuna ama-baksheesh engeziwe. Ngakhomba uMarco ngathi, “Sesikunikeze ama-Euro amane, awusakhumbuli?” Impendulo yakhe yathi, "UMarco unikeze i-baksheesh, kodwa awuzange."
Ngizizwa ngicasukile futhi ngithukwa, ngaphendula “angiphathi mali,” ngabe sengibhekisa amabombo kumqeqeshi ngedelela, ngiqaphela ukuthi angibheki emuva.
URon noLisa Leininger, njengamanje abahlala esikhungweni se-NATO eBrussels, eBelgium, bavakashela le mibhoshongo futhi bathi: “Hawu, bakha okuthile okubalulekile eminyakeni engu-4,000 edlule. Besigajwe wumqondo womlando endaweni eyodwa.”
Ngemva kokuvakashela le mibhoshongo, iNasco Tours yasiyisa esigodlweni esihle esinamachandeli aluhlaza nokhaphethi bakasilika. Ama-buffet amane amakhulu anikeza izinkulungwane zezitsha; okufakiwe okushisayo, ubhiya, amawayini, namasoda kwalungiselelwa ulwanga lwaseMelika, kodwa ama-dessert acebile ayengajwayelekile, engavamile futhi ekhanga ngendlela engavimbeki.
Amanye amaqembu akhethe uhambo lwe-“Pyramids and Nile in Style”, okusho ukuthi ukudla kwabo kwasemini bakuphakelwa emkhunjini, ontanta wehla neNayile. Ngesikhathi sokugcina ngiseCairo, nganengwa iphunga elibi eliphuma emanzini angcolile eNayile. Angizange ngibe nesibindi sokucabanga ukudla isidlo sasemini ngintanta emanzini endle.
U-Debra Iantkow, umthengisi wezokuvakasha waseCalgary, e-Alberta wayenenhlanhla ukudlula mina, ngakho yena nomndeni wakhe bathatha uhambo oludumile lweNayile. “Belinganuki nhlobo,” kusho yena: “kodwa bekumuncu impela – sibone abantu belahla imfucuza emanzini. Endleleni eya ohambweni lomkhumbi sadlula amakhilomitha namamayela emisele yamanzi esuka emfuleni iNayile, elahlwe ngokuphelele nezikhwama zikadoti, udoti, futhi, ngesinye isikhathi, kwakune-flotsam eningi kakhulu eyayivala umsele ngokuphelele ukusuka kwelinye ibhange ukuya kwelinye, futhi wawungakwazi. ngisho namanzi ngaphansi.
“Ngangicabanga ukuthi iTijuana yayiyimbi kwaze kwaba yilapho ngibona le ndawo,” kusho uChristopher, isisebenzi sasesibhedlela saseBoerney, eTexas, “kodwa lena indawo engcole kunawo wonke engake ngayibona ekuphileni kwami.”
U-Leininger uthe ngohambo lwesikebhe lwaseNayile “Lunikeze izivakashi umuzwa omuhle wokudla nomdanso waseGibhithe. Indoda egqoke i-tutu emibalabala yayiphenduphenduka njengomphezulu imizuzu engu-15. Intokazi enhle edanswe ngesisu yacula umculo wangempela waseGibhithe, okhiqizwe ngezigubhu ze-bongo kanye ne-keyboard synthesizer.”
Ngokusekelwe encazelweni ka-Leininger, ngihumusha ukuthi bekungekho ingoma ebonakalayo noma imitha emculweni, kodwa kufana ne-cacophony yemisindo engavamile. “Kwakubuhlungu,” esho, “ngiyajabula ukuthi akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside kakhulu.”
Ibanga elide, uhambo lwami lwe-"de-Nile" lwasiyisa eMemphis naseSaqqara yasendulo, lapho sangena khona ethuneni likamfundisi wasendulo elineminyaka engu-4600 ubudala, futhi sathakasela isifanekiso esikhulukazi sikaRamses II esiseMit Rahina Museum. Ukubaluleka kokuvubukula kwalawa masayithi kubambe intshisekelo ye-anthropological amashumi eminyaka.
Njengoba i-Norwegian Jade yafika ngobusuku e-Alexandria, usuku lwesibili lwanikeza ithuba eliguquguqukayo lokuvakashela amasayithi angeziwe ngokuya ngezintshisakalo zomuntu ngamunye.
Ngokuhambisana nendikimba yethu yoMndeni Ongcwele, sivakashele iSonto LamaSanta Sergius kanye neBacchus, elaziwa nangokuthi u-Abu Serga, eCoptic Cairo. Isonto linikezelwe kwabangcwele uSergius noBacchus, ababengabathandi bezitabane / amasosha abulawelwa ukholo phakathi nekhulu lesine eSiriya nguMbusi waseRoma uMaximian. Le ndawo ephakeme iphawula lapho uMariya, uJosefa kanye nosana uJesu okuthiwa bahlala khona ngesikhathi bebalekela eGibhithe.
Asikhulume ngeTurkey. Amazwe asendulo ase-Anatolia ayeyisimangaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke ze-odyssey yethu ye-Mediterranean yezinsuku ezingu-14. Uhambo lwethu lolwandle, oluqhutshwa i-Tura Turizm, ludlule konke obekulindelwe. U-Leyla Öner, umhleli wokuvakasha, wangena kumqeqeshi futhi wazethula, esifisela sonke uhambo oluhle oluya e-Efesu, eshiya isikhwama sempahla esivakashi ngasinye esigcwele izikhumbuzo eziyishumi nambili. Esinye sezikhumbuzo ezinhle kwaba “Imbiza Yamanzi Engcwele,” eyayifika neziqondiso “Leli bhodwe elenziwe ngezandla, elenziwe ngenhlabathi ephilayo, lenziwe ngokukhethekile ukuze ugcwalise ngamanzi angcwele aphuma emthonjeni oseNdlini YeNcasakazi UMariya. Izinto ezisetshenziswa kulo msebenzi wobuciko zihlose ukubonisa izitsha zobumba ezazisetshenziswa abase-Efesu ekhulwini lokuqala, AD. Sithemba ukuthi uzosijabulela lesi sikhumbuzo njengesikhumbuzo esivela ezweni elingcwele likaMama uMariya!”
Umqondisi wethu omkhulu wosuku, u-Ercan Gürel, wayeyisifundiswa nendoda emnene. Ngokuqinisekile omunye wabaqondisi bokuvakasha abangcono kakhulu abake basiphelezela ogwini lolwandle, u-Ercan (John) kwakuyi-encyclopedia ehambayo yomlando wasendulo. Esinye sezisho zakhe zodumo ukuthi empeleni wasebenza kwezinye zemivubukulo e-Efesu, ngaphambi kokuba ososayensi bazi kahle ukuthi yini eyayingaphansi kwamakhulu eminyaka embozwe yobumba.
Ngokungafani neGibhithe, ugu lwaseTurkey lwalungenabala, futhi ichweba lase-Izmir laliyiparele langempela le-Adriatic. Nomaphi lapho sasihamba khona, abahlaziyi bendawo babehlukanisa isizwe sabo esigcwele amaSulumane: “Asiwona ama-Arab. Abantu baseTurkey abaningi banezinwele ezimhlophe, amehlo aluhlaza kanye nebala elimhlophe. Izwe lethu liyingxenye yezwekazi laseYurophu, futhi siyisizwe esingakholwa.”
Isigodi esivundile esiholela edolobheni lasendulo lase-Efesu siyinsimu yase-Edene yamapentshisi, amabhilikosi, amakhiwane, amawolintshi, iminqumo namasimu angapheli emifino enamaqabunga acwebile.
EMqhele wentaba i-Koressos (Bülbül Daği) kume iNdlu YeNcasakazi UMariya, isakhiwo sezitini esibhekwa njengekhaya lapho uMama uMariya achitha khona iminyaka yakhe yokugcina. Abavubukuli baye bathi isisekelo sesakhiwo sangekhulu lokuqala, futhi opapa abathathu bavakashela le ndawo, behlonipha ifa laso elingokwenkolo.
Ngaphakathi kweNdlu kaMariya, indelakazi enobungane yasinika izindondo zesiliva njengezikhumbuzo zohambo lwethu olude. Ngaphambili kwekhaya, umgwaqo ohambayo oholela emithonjeni okukholelwa ukuthi unamanzi ayisimangaliso. Akekho ongadlula isimangaliso samahhala, ngazifafaza izikhathi ezimbalwa, ngenxa yomshwalense we-ethereal.
Ngemva kwesidlo sasemini esiphundu se-buffet, savakashela isikole sikakhaphethi. Lapha, abafundi bachitha izinyanga bebopha izintambo zikasilika ezinsimbini ezinkulu zokuluka ukuze benze imisebenzi yobuciko ebabazekayo, bethengisa endaweni yombukiso yamapulangwe ngama-Euro ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa kuya kwezingamashumi amabili. Okhaphethi abangabizi kakhulu abenziwe ngovolo noma ukotini babonisiwe, namaragi alula okwakha imizulane aqala cishe kuma-euro300. Imihlathi yami yawela phansi lapho u-Ercan Gürel enginika ukhaphethi omuhle, omkhulu owelukwe ngesandla, onesitifiketi sobuqiniso, futhi wembula ukuthi kwakuyisipho esivela kuye nasesikoleni sikakhaphethi.
Ngakusasa, sisashaqekile kukhaphethi waseTurkey ophanayo, safika sijabule ogwini lwaseGreece. Ukube bekunesikhathi esanele, ukukhetha kwethu kokuqala bekuyoba ukuvakashela i-Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos. Ngokwesiko lama-athonite, uMariya wama lapha endleleni evakashela uLazaru. Waphumela ogwini futhi egajwe ubuhle obubabazekayo nobumsulwa bentaba, wayibusisa futhi wacela iNdodana yakhe ukuba ibe yingadi yakhe. [Uma uMama engajabulile, akekho ojabulile.] Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, intaba yangcweliswa “njengeNsimu kaNina kaNkulunkulu” futhi iye yaphuma emikhawulweni kubo bonke abanye besifazane kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
O, i-Athene “yayiyipulani B” elihle. Kwakuwusuku olwandulela uNcibijane, futhi njengoba kuwumkhuba wamaNtaliyane, safuna ukuthenga ingubo entsha ebomvu esizoyigqoka ngoSuku LukaNcibijane. Isikibha esibomvu esihlotshiswe ngegolide se-Acropolis sagcwalisa umthethosivivinywa. I-Athene yayimatasatasa, futhi amabhasi abavakashi ayehlakaniphe kakhulu ukuze agweme ubufakazi bokuphanga okuyisiphithiphithi noma ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla. Lapho bebuza abaqondisi bezivakashi ngezibhelu, babehlale bezenza abantulayo; i-antifoni eculwe kahle yayihlala ithi “angazi lutho ngayo.”
Nakuba lokho kungase kungenzeki, kuye kwaphawulwa ukuthi abantu abangabazi baphelelwa yinkumbulo. Ngobunye ubusuku, umqondisi we-Norwegian Jade's Cruise Director, u-Jason Bowen, u-MC'd "Not-So-Newlywed Game" e-Spinnaker Lounge. Umbuzo wesiginesha othi “Ikuphi indawo engavamile kakhulu owake wenza i-whoopee” wanikeza izimpendulo ezingavamile, kodwa ngemva kokuba umyeni osenesikhathi eside ethe kwakusendlini engaphezulu yekhempu ewolintshi, umkakhe wahefuzela “Oh, ngabe lokho bengihamba nawe?"
Okungalibaleki, ngezindlela eziningi, kwakungabangane abasha esahlangana nabo kulolu hambo lomkhumbi. Abantu abavela ku-Cruise Critic bahlele ukuhlangana nokubingelela okubili kwabalandeli bebhodi. Sihlangane no-Brian Ferguson kanye no-Tony Spinosa base-Paris, e-France, ababegubha u-Brian wokuthatha umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kwesikhathi e-Air France. Sahlangana noRobbie Keir nobuhle bakhe, uJonathan Mayers, ababeseholidini bevela e-Aberdeen, eScotland. Kwaqondana nje, u-Jonathan waphenduka isizinda sikaGerry Mayers, umfundisi wethu wendawo, owachaza imilando yasendulo yase-Egypt, Turkey, neGreece.
Omunye wama-VIP ayesemkhunjini kwakungu-LLoyd Hara, uLt. Colonel osewathatha umhlalaphansi, kanye nePhini Likamongameli lamanje leKhomishini Yechweba eSeattle. U-LLoyd no-Lizzie bathe okugqamile ohambweni lwabo ukuvakasha kwabo e-Palace Armory eMalta, okungenye yeqoqo lezikhali elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni eligcinwe ezakhiweni zabo zokuqala, ezikleliswe phakathi kwezikhumbuzo zomlando ezibaluleke kakhulu zesiko laseYurophu. Isungulwe ama-Knights of St John, izindela zamaqhawe ezinolaka futhi ezesabekayo, i-Amoury isengenye yezimpawu ezigqamayo nezibambekayo zenkazimulo edlule ye-Sovereign Hospitaller Military Order yaseMalta.
Ngincamela izindela zami kancane nje ohlangothini oluhle nolukhuluphele, zihlezi zizungeze amatafula e-fratini, zabelana ngama-curd azo kanye ne-whey, ziwashela phansi ngamakharafi e-Asti Spumante. Indawo eyodwa ebukekayo iphinde yakhiwe phakathi kwendawo yokudlela ephambili ka-Jade, Ikhishi le-Papa's Italian, elihlotshiswe kahle njenge-trattoria yendabuko yase-Tuscan, enamatafula e-fratini kanye ne-mattoni i-vista brickwork. Imenyu ihlanganisa izitsha zendabuko ezivela ezifundeni ezihlukahlukene zase-Italy, nezincazelo ezimbalwa zalokho abantu baseMelika abacabanga ukuthi amaNtaliyane akudlayo, njengesosi ye-alfredo, ispaghetti esisetshenziswa ngokuhlangene ne-chicken parmigiana (kunokuba njenge-primo piatto), isaladi likaKhesari, ne-pepperoni pizza. .
Sihlabeke umxhwele ngempela ngokudla okwenziwa eJade. Siwathandile ama-Tex-Mex fajitas nama-quesadillas e-Paniolo's. Indawo yokudlela ka-Alizar (ngaphambili eyayaziwa ngokuthi i-Ali Baba's on the Pride of Hawaii) inikeza imenyu efanayo ne-Grand Pacific, kodwa inikeza isevisi eshesha kakhulu. I-Blue Lagoon, indawo yokudlela yamahora angu-24 ene-oda elifushane inikeze ukudla okunethezekile okunethezekile, okufana ne-chuck meatloaf, isobho le-basil-cream-tomato, ikhekhe lama-strawberry, nekhekhe likashizi eliconsa amajikijolo aluhlaza nejeli elimnandi. I-gelato yesiNtaliyane nezinye izibiliboco zazingekho ucingo kuphela, zilethwa ngokushesha ngenkonzo yamahhala yasekamelweni, njengomlingo!
Isipho seZazi esasigibele isikebhe kwakungumsizi wethu, uRuth Hagger, u-Tyrolean fräulein osanda kuzalwa owayenesimo sakhe sobusha nokujabula esaphuma encwadini yezindaba kaHeidi. Evela endaweni yaseKitzbühel yomjaho wokushushuluza wendebe yomhlaba, indlela yakhe ethandekayo yase-Austrian izwakale njengomuntu onempilo, onenhliziyo efudumele ongafi ku-“The Sound of Music.” Akungabazeki ukuthi uyena yedwa umuntu emkhunjini owayekwazi ukubhekana nolimi lwaseTyrolean oluthi “Der Pfårrer vu Bschlåbs hat z'Pfingschte 's Speckbsteck z'spat bstellt." URuthe wayebonakala emazi othile owazi umuntu ongathola ukubhuka noma kuphi emhlabeni noma olwandle. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-Jeep eMalta, noma ukufinyelela kuzikhulu eziphezulu, u-Ruth ungumuntu wase-Austrian omangalisayo onesimo sengqondo "sokwenza". Ngokumangazayo, ngosuku lokuqala lohambo lomkhumbi weza kithi, wasibingelela ngegama, futhi wazethula. Akagcinanga ngokuthi abambe ngekhanda amagama nobuso bethu ohlelweni lwezokuphepha lomkhumbi, wayazi ukuthi sivelaphi nokuthi yiziphi ezinye zezinto esizithandayo (mhlawumbe kusukela ohambweni lwethu ebesibhukhelwe ngaphambilini?) Angikaze ngihlangabezane nanoma yiliphi izinga lesevisi elifana nalelo kunoma yiliphi. ngaphambi komkhumbi, futhi kwaba isimanga esijabulisayo ngokumangalisayo.
Itheku lethu le-debarking, i-Barcelona, belijabulisa futhi lijabule ngabathengisi abathengisa izipho zomzuzu wokugcina zosuku olukhulu, i-Epifania, Januwari 6. Ama-catalan agubha isizini ngamasiko amabili ahlobene ne-poo. Esokuqala i-Caganer, isibalo esincane esifana ne-porcelain efana ne-gnome nebhulukwe lakhe liphansi, ezikhulula endaweni ethile endaweni yesehlakalo sokuzalwa kukaJesu. Njengomfana omncane odlala isigubhu, u-Caganer ubelokhu enikeza izipho zakhe eziyingqayizivele endaweni yokuzalwa kukaKristu kusukela maphakathi nekhulu le-18. Pa rum pum pum pum pum.
I-Caga Tió (i-tió isho ukuthi log ngesi-Catalan) iyilogi ye-Yule, ependwe ngobuso obumamathekayo futhi inakekelwa kusukela ngemva kuka-El Dia de Inmaculada (Disemba 8). Khona-ke, ngoKhisimusi, izingane zishaya ugodo futhi zicule izingoma eziwukhuthaza “$h!t ezinye izipho.”
Sachitha ubusuku nembobo encane endongeni yempesheni, i-Continental Hotel, etholakala e-Ramblas e-Plaça Catalunya - i-Barçalon elingana ne-Avenue des Champs-Élysées ihlangana ne-Times Square. Leli hhotela akulona elawo wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi labo abahamba ngezihlalo ezinamasondo, noma isivakashi esinokuqonda esifuna indawo yokulala esezingeni eliphezulu. Kodwa njengendawo ekahle yokuphahlazeka ubusuku bonke, igumbi lethu lama-euro angu-78.50 lifike nenqwaba yezinsiza zamahhala, njengewayini elibomvu nelimhlophe elingenamkhawulo, u-ayisikhilimu, iziphuzo ezibandayo, ijusi yewolintshi, ibha elincane lesaladi, izitsha eziyisithupha ezishisayo njengamazambane agazingiwe. kanye nelayisi i-pilaf, okusanhlamvu, izinkwa, ama-cashews, amantongomane nama-walnuts. Okunye okwakumahhala kwakuyikhompuyutha ye-inthanethi kanye ne-wi-fi eqinile. Igumbi lethu lezivakashi lalilincane, kodwa lihlanzekile kakhulu, futhi linendlu yokugezela yangasese enobhavu nokugeza okunamandla okuletha amanzi amaningi ashisayo ekuseni. Iphephadonga lalinohlobo lomklamo wenganekwane, lase liqala ukuxebuka, futhi ngokusobala selikhulile. Yayihambisana nombhede ophinki ngokungajabhi ne-fu-fu kakhulu kanye namalambu acwebezelayo, into efana nekamelo lokulala eliyisipele endlini kagogo lapho ayegcina khona onodoli bakhe basechina.
Sachitha ingxenye enkulu yosuku lwethu sivakashela i-Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, isonto eliyisigodlo lamaRoma Katolika elisakhiwa (kusukela ngo-1882). Idizayinwe ngu-Antoni Gaudí, iphrojekthi yokugcina kulindeleke ukuthi iphele ngo-2026 (isizathu esihle sokubuyela e-Barcelona). I-façade esempumalanga inomfanekiso wokuzalwa owubukhazikhazi oqoshwe etsheni, inhlonipho egameni lethempeli elithi “Umndeni Ongcwele.” Kule mfihlo kunamathuna angcwatshwa abasebukhosini baseSpain, okuhlanganisa neNdlovukazi uConstance yaseSicily, uMarie de Lusignan (unkosikazi wesithathu weNkosi uJames II), kanye nelikagogo wami wama-24, iNdlovukazi uPetronila yase-Aragon.
Indiza yethu ebuyela ekhaya eMilano yayiyihora nemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu kuphela. Safika sathola iqhwa limboza idolobha, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-30 kuphela emngceleni waseSwitzerland. Lapha enyakatho ye-Italy, izipho zethu zikaKhisimusi zitholwa ngoJanuwari 6. Ngokwesiko, izipho zilethwa ngumthakathi obizwa ngokuthi uBefana. (Yebo, njengomMelika, ngiyakwazi ukucwilisa kabili futhi ngithole izipho ezivela ku-Santa Claus ngo-December futhi!) U-Befana uboniswa njengehagi elidala elibukeka kabi, impela uMthakathi Omubi waseNtshonalanga uhlobo lukahlaka. Kuzwakala njenge-Halloween uma ngimbona, kodwa ngizothatha zonke izipho noma ubani afuna ukunginika zona.
Akukapheli kuze kuculwe isidudla. AmaNtaliyane ayayithanda i-opera yawo, futhi ngiyayithanda imicimbi yamahhala e-Teatro alla Scala. I-“Prima delle Prime” umcimbi ojwayelekile mahhala emphakathini okhombisa i-opera noma i-ballet ezayo. Umcimbi uhlanganisa izinkulumo, amavidiyo, amasampula abukhoma, futhi-ke, ithuba lokungena ezindongeni ezingcwele zaseLa Scala, mahhala. Angikwazi ukugibela indiza eya eMelika ngize ngizwe okungenani i-aria eyodwa yokuthile, njengo-O mio babbino caro, noma u-Amami Alfredo. Akukona ukuvalelisa, kodwa i-homeerci Italia okwamanje.
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