Njengoba izinsuku ezinhle zihamba, azifiki kangcono kunokutshuza emseleni oseningizimu yeFrance futhi zikhangwe ubuhle obunekhanda legwababa ngezwi le-diva. Yena, noma ngabe wayengubani, kungazelelwe uvele efasiteleni lesikebhe esigxunyekwe eCanal du Midi futhi wanikeza inguqulo evusa amadlingozi yengoma yakudala ethi “O Sole Mio.”
Futhi-ke i-diva yahamba ngokushesha njengoba ibonakala. Kwakuyindawo yokukhuluma izinsuku njengoba isikebhe sethu - i-Enchante - sihamba kancane emhumeni wendiza ophahlwe esihlahleni, siphakamisa kancane umsindo.
Uhambo lwethu lwaqala e-Beziers, lapho u-Enchante emise umugqa ukuze akwazi ukubhekana nezingidi eziyisikhombisa ze-Fonseranes, ezazithathwa njengomsebenzi wobuchwepheshe omangalisayo ngaleso sikhathi futhi waqanjwa isisebenzi saseFrance, uPierre-Paul Riquet. Indoda eshisekayo, yaqongelela ingcebo yokuqoqa izintela, ayitshala ngokuphelele ekufezekeni kwephupho layo kanye nohambo lwakhe olukhulu kakhulu lwempilo yakhe - ukwakha iCanal du Midi. Yakhiwa ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaLouis X1V futhi yaqala ukusebenza ngo-1681.
Umsele - oyingxenye yomzila wamanzi oxhumanisa i-Atlantic Ocean neMedithera - wamenyezelwa njengendawo Eyigugu Lomhlaba ngo-1996 futhi wabiza amanani ahambisana nezikhumbuzo ezinkulu zaseFrance, njenge-Eiffel Tower kanye Nezigodlo Zopapa e-Avignon.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ukukhula kwezokuvakasha okungena emanzini e-France - nakwezinye izindawo eYurophu - kuye kwashesha ngendlela emangalisayo. Izinkampani eziqasha ama-cruiser/izikebhe eziqashwe kulo lonke ubude beCanal du Midi zisebenzise lokhu ngokugcwele. Amaphaseji angu-10,000 ngonyaka ngokusebenzisa izingidi ze-Fonseranes abonisa izinga lokuvakasha komsele ongakaze ubonwe.
Ama-Boat aficionados akhangwa ilanga, indawo ekhangayo, nokudla okuhle - kugezwe phansi (ngokulinganisela, kunjalo) ngamawayini amahle avela ezivinini ze-Languedoc-Roussillon.
Esinye sezitobhi zokuqala ze-Enchante - okusho ukuthi "ngijabulile ukuhlangana nawe" - ukuvakashela indawo yokuwina iwayini phakathi kweBeziers neCapestang, osekuneminyaka engaphezu kuka-400 ingeyomndeni ofanayo. Kulapha lapho sifunde khona ukuthi iwayini elimhlophe alisekho futhi nokuthi uRose ufunwa kakhulu futhi ubelokhu edumile eningizimu yeFrance.
Ithimba lomyeni nenkosikazi, uRoger noLouisa Gronow, behlise ikhaya labo e-France ukuze bathenge i-Enchante - isikebhe esikhulu kunazo zonke nesisha manje esisebenza esihlahleni sendiza esifakwe ku-Canal du Midi - umgwaqo omatasatasa ophakathi nezwe e-France.
Ngemuva kokuthenga isikebhe ngama-euro angama-65,000, lo mbhangqwana wasebenzisa enye i-euro engu-500,000 ekulungiseni kabusha eBelgium, lapho i-Enchante yakhiwa khona ngo-1958 njengendawo ethwala impahla. Ukulungiswa kabusha kwathatha unyaka, njengoba amamitha angaphezu kwayisishiyagalolunye kwadingeka ukuba asikwe phakathi nesikebhe ukuze ashelele phakathi kwezingidi zemiselekazi, ikakhulukazi lawo aseduze neCanal du Midi.
Kusukela ohambweni lwayo lokuqala eCanal du Midi ngo-Agasti 2009, i-Enchante isiphenduke into eheha abantu bendawo kanye nezivakashi ngokufanayo, ikakhulukazi lapho icindezela ngaphansi kwamabhuloho amancane ishiya ababukeli behefuzela njengoba ngokuvamile kuba namamilimitha ahlukanisa uphahla nezinhlangothi zesikebhe. Kodwa ukaputeni uRoger uyisandla esinzima ekulawuleni isikebhe ezimeni eziqinile, usechithe iminyaka eminingana - esuka esiteji esiya ekubeni ukapteni - emikhunjini esebenza emiseleni yaseFrance.
I-Enchante inamakhabethe amane ane-air conditioning aphindwe kabili ane-en-suite, umpheme welanga onebhavu enkulu ye-spa, nesaluni evulekile enekhishi lokubonisa, ibha evulekile, ikhompuyutha, neDVD/TV. Ngokuqondene ne-gastronomy esemkhunjini, umpheki osebhodini unikeza ukudla okumnandi okumnandi - kusukela ku-cassoulet yaseCastelnaudary kuya ezimbazeni zesitayela se-Sete, uzosuka kokunye ukutholwa uye kwenye.
Kulabo abazamayo kakhulu abangafuni ukuhamba ohambweni oluqondiswayo lwansuku zonke ngebhasi elincane, bangaqoqa ibhayisikili lokuvakasha elinesivinini esingu-18 esikebheni futhi bagibele endleleni edonsa umsele - isiphephelo esiphumelelayo kanye nephaseji yezilwane zasendle zezinhlobonhlobo zezilwane. kanye nezitshalo. I-towpath engamakhilomitha angu-240 ixhuma i-Toulouse e-Haute Garonne ne-Sete ogwini lwe-Mediterranean futhi idlula kwezinye zezindawo zasemaphandleni ezinhle nezinomlando waseFrance.
Amaphuzu avelele ohambo lwezinsuku eziyisithupha (ngeSonto-uMgqibelo) olusuka e-Beziers luya e-Le Somail ahlanganisa:
– Isonto lombhishobhi lase-St. Nazair e-Beziers eline-façade yasentshonalanga eqinile yekhulu le-14 kanye nomhlobiso omangalisayo we-Baroque ozungeze i-altare namakholomu alo nemifanekiso.
– Ukulenga phezu kwamanzi futhi ubukele u-Enchanté njengoba kancane kancane enyakaza esuka phansi eya phezulu kwendiza yokukhiya eyisikhombisa ye-Fonseranes e-Beziers ngaphambi kokuqhubeka no-Canal du Midi eya emhubheni omdala kunawo wonke emhlabeni ose-Malpas.
- Idolobha lasendulo laseNarbonne - elabaluleke kakhulu eMbusweni WaseRoma - laliyimpambano yemigwaqo phakathi kwe-Via Domitia kanye ne-Via Aquitinia. I-Via Domitia yayixhumanisa iRoma neNhlonhlo Yase-Iberia. UHannibal wahola ibutho lakhe (kuhlanganise nezindlovu zakhe) ngalo mgwaqo ukuze ahlasele iRoma. Ngo-1997, izinsalela zomgwaqo owakhiwa ngo-120 BC zatholwa ngaphandle kwasenkabeni yedolobha.
- Ukuhlola i-Minerve, inqaba ephezulu yentaba yekhulu le-12, ephakeme ngaphezu kwezihosha zemifula emibili enqamula ithafa eliwudedangendlale, elomile. Ibhalwe njengenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zaseFrance, inqwaba yemigede eyake yahlalwa kanye nama-dolmen amaningi (amathuna) akhiwe endaweni afakazela ukuthi kwakhiwe abantu bakudala kakhulu.
- Idolobha elihle kakhulu elisohlwini lwamaGugu Omhlaba laseCarcassonne. Ihlezi phezulu egqumeni futhi isukela esikhathini sama-Gallo-Roman, idolobha elinezivikelo eziqinile lenkathi ephakathi eliphelele elikhona namuhla. Njengoba inezinqaba zokulinda ezingu-52, ama-portcullis, nochungechunge lwezivikelo olumangalisa ingqondo, yamelana namabutho amaningi ayezama ukuyihlasela.
- Idolobhana elinokuthula laseLe Somail, eligcine ibhuloho elingemuva elizungezwe indlu yesonto kanye nendlu yezihambi eyaqala ngo-1773. Iphinde iziqhenye ngeMusee de la Chapellerie (umnyuziyamu wezingubo zasekhanda) - izigqoko nezingubo ezivela emhlabeni wonke kusukela emhlabeni jikelele. 1885 kuze kube manje.
- Isikhathi esidonsa amehlo kakhulu - i-diva eyimfihlakalo eyathwebula izinhliziyo zawo wonke umuntu ogibele u-Enchante nalabo ababekude nezindlebe ngokusebenza kwakhe okungahleliwe.
UJohn Newton wahlela uhambo lwakhe ngomkhumbi i-Enchanté ne-Outdoor Travel yaseBright, e-Australia.
Amanani okuphromotha ohambo ngomkhumbi e-Enchanté ngo-2010 angu-€3,885 umuntu ngamunye owabelana ngendlu ephindwe kabili. Amanani ancishisiwe ayatholakala futhi ku-charter ekhethekile yesikebhe sasehhotela.
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