Uhambo lwakamuva lwaphesheya kwezilwandle luphinde lwangibuyisela ubuso nobuso nenhloko-dolobha yase-Europe i-Brussels, evamise ukuthintwa kuphela uma udlula esikhumulweni sezindiza uya endaweni yokugcina.
Eminyakeni edlule, iBrussels izimise ngokuqinile njengedolobha lamandla amakhulu eYurophu, ingekhaya nje kuphela ku-EU, i-European Commission, kanye ne-NATO kodwa inqwaba yama-NGO, isihlalo samakhulu ezinkampani zomhlaba wonke zekomkhulu laseYurophu, ukunxenxa umhlaba wonke, amafemu acwaninga amabhuku kanye nezamabhizinisi, kanye nezindawo zokuhlala ezibikwa zingaphezu kwesigidi abaphuma kwamanye amazwe abavela ngale kweBelgium.
Isimo sezulu, njengoba siguqubele kakhulu ngenxa yemvula, ngokuvamile besingeke kusize ukwenza ukuvakasha kujabulise, kodwa abasingathi bami - i-Brussels Airlines kanye ne-Star Alliance - benze konke okusemandleni abo ukwengeza ukukhanya kwelanga ohlelweni ngokukhetha imibukiso eseceleni ethokozisayo nokukhetha izindawo zokudlela ezinhle. ngesidlo sasemini nesakusihlwa, lapho kwakukhithika khona ukudla neziphuzo.
Naphezu kwesimo sezulu esishisayo, idolobha laziveza lihlanzekile futhi lihlelekile, uma liqhathaniswa nothuli iKampala ehlushwa phakade futhi oludonsa ngisho nolaka lukamongameli wethu ngezikhathi ezithile. I-traffic ikakhulukazi yagqama ngokuziphatha kahle lapha igama eliyisihluthulelo - ukuthi abashayeli bethu bamatekisi noma i-matatu kanye nama-boda-boda adume kabi bangenza kanjani ngesifundo esisithola lapho, njengamaphoyisa ethu omgwaqo.
Mhlawumbe ngenxa yeNgqungquthela YaseYurophu nayo eyayikhona ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwami, ezokuphepha zazibonakala yonke indawo, kodwa ngaqinisekiswa ukuthi lokhu kwakuvamile - ngokusobala ngoba kuhlale kunezivakashi ezisezingeni eliphezulu edolobheni - nokuthi ukuhamba ngezinyawo ukusuka ehhotela kuya ezindaweni zokudlela. , izinto ezivelele enkabeni yedolobha kanye namamnyuziyamu esasizowavakashela kwakuphephe ngokuphelele futhi empeleni indlela yokuthutha evamile kubantu abaningi abavakashela idolobha.
Imigwaqo egandaywe ngamatshe phakathi nendawo, kuhlanganise neGrand Place edumile enezakhiwo zomlando ezungeze lesi sikwele, yagqama, futhi lapho izimoto zazivunyelwe ukushayela khona, yayibonisa inhlonipho kwabahamba ngezinyawo, ibheka izindawo zokuwela amadube, futhi ngisho nokungiqhweba ngaphesheya komgwaqo. ngenkathi ngizindla ukuthi i-traffic ivelaphi ngempela, ngijwayele "uhlangothi lwesobunxele" ekhaya ngenkathi i-Europe eyinhloko "ingakwesokudla."
Bambalwa abazi ukuthi iBelgium iyizwe elihamba phambili likashokoledi emhlabeni, elikhiqiza i-pralines nendalo kashokoledi enhle kakhulu eyaziwa isintu, ngokwaso isizathu sokuvakashela, vele, kuwo wonke umlutha kashokoledi. Kodwa kuseza okunye! Ukudla neziphuzo nakho kuncintisana nokudla kwaseFrance okwaziwayo; obhiya bazibambela mathupha ngokumelene nemikhiqizo yaseJalimane edume kakhulu; kanye nezindawo zokudlela, ama-bistros amancane, namabha kwavela kugcwele kakhulu ngaso sonke isikhathi ekuseni, emini, kuze kube sebusuku kakhulu. Ezweni lapho ukudla neziphuzo kwaziswa kakhulu, okunye okuningi ngokusobala kufanele kube kuhle, futhi abantu esihlangane nabo ezindaweni zokudlela nezindawo zokudlela esithathwe ukuze bakhombise umoya omuhle kanye nentshisekelo eqenjini lethu elihlukahlukene lezintatheli ezivela emhlabeni wonke, ababemenyelwe eBelgium ukuzobhekelela ukungena kweBrussels Izindiza kuMfelandawonye weNkanyezi yomhlaba wonke. Ngokudla, ngijabulele kakhulu i-chicoree egayiwe esongwe nge-ham ngaphansi koqweqwe oluthambile lukashizi ogayiwe, i-delicatessen yaseBelgium zonke izivakashi kufanele ziyizame okungenani kanye.
Kuningi ukwakhiwa okwenzeka kulo lonke idolobha. Ujantshi omusha wesitimela uyakhiwa ukuze uxhumanise isikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe nolayini abakhulu besitimela abavela e-Amsterdam, Paris, naseJalimane. Ukuthuthukiswa kwemigwaqo emisha kuyenziwa futhi imisebenzi yomphakathi enenhloso engaziwa ibibonakala maphakathi nedolobha. Futhi, yiqiniso, bheka futhi, hhayi i-pothole ebonakalayo, eyakhanga ikakhulukazi ukuphawula kwezivakashi zase-Afrika eqenjini lethu; sonke samangala ngokungagunci ngokuntula ngokuphelele lesi sici esivamile emigwaqweni yethu yokubuyela ekhaya.
Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwesikhathi esidlule, ngiyazi ukuthi ukuvakashela eBrussels entwasahlobo, ehlobo, nasekwindla kuvame ukuletha injabulo yezivakashi, lapho isimo sezulu sisihle futhi ukukhanya kwelanga namahora amade asemini kwenza ukuhambahamba emapaki nasezindaweni ezishisayo. imigwaqo yedolobha iheha nakakhulu. Nakuba i-Brussels Airlines ingakhuthazi uhlelo lokuma njengoba nje i-Emirates yenza e-Dubai, kuwufanele ngempela ukuhlola nehhovisi lenkampani yezindiza noma inkampani yezokuvakasha ukuthi ikhefu elisheshayo ledolobha lingahlelwa kanjani lapho uya noma ubuya endaweni yokugcina.
Futhi ekugcineni, ukuthenga, yiqiniso, okuza njengokuhle futhi okuhlukahlukene kokubili ukunambitheka nokuqukethwe ephaketheni njenganoma yiliphi elinye idolobha elikhulu eYurophu, futhi yebo, isiNgisi sikhulunywa kabanzi futhi kahle, njengoba kunjalo, isiFlemish (Dutch), isiFulentshi. , nesiJalimane, okuyizilimi ezintathu ezisemthethweni zezwe.
Ukuvakasha ngendiza eBrussels, okwathatha izinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela, kwakuyikhefu elamukelekile ngaphambi kokuba kuqale isizini yamaholide, futhi kuza kunconyelwa kakhulu, njengoba kwenza iRoyal Windsor Hotel lapho ngahlala khona enkabeni yomlando yedolobha futhi. ngaphakathi kwebanga lokuhamba ukuya eGrand Place, iManneken Pis, iminyuziyamu, izitolo, imipheme, izindawo zokucima ukoma, kanye nezindawo zokudlela ezigcwele.
