Lapho sekuyisikhathi sokujoyina umqeqeshi e-Montpellier futhi ngiye e-Anjodi, isikebhe sami sehhotela sahlala isigamu sehora ukusuka eCanal du Midi endaweni encane eseceleni kwamanzi yase-Le Somail. Ngalingeka ukuba ngisale.
Ngangifike eMontpellier ngoMgqibelo, ngosuku olwandulela ukugibela isikebhe, futhi nganquma ukuthi angisoze ngalishiya lelodolobha elijabulisayo. Ngingathumela i-imeyili ekhaya ngithi ngeke ngibuye. Ihhotela lami laliseduze nePlace de la Comedie, indawo yomhlangano ebanzi ezungezwe izindawo zokudlela ezigelezela emigwaqweni egandayiwe, futhi kwakufanele ngichithe usuku olulandelayo ngihlola imigwaqo yasendulo nephithizelayo yedolobha, ngijabulela isidlo sakusihlwa esigcawini esinamaqabunga, ngidlela endaweni eyodwa. ezindaweni eziningi zokudlela eziphakelayo, njengoba ubungalindela, ukudla okumnandi ngamanani angekho neze. Ngathatha ibhulakufesi lami lekhofi nama-croissants ngakusasa ekuseni endaweni, ngabuyela lapho ngesidlo sasemini ngemva kokuhlola okwengeziwe. Injabulo.
Kodwa bamba umqeqeshi engimenze neminye imibhangqwana emithathu kuphela, ababili base-Australia kanye noyedwa wase-USA - u-Anjodi uthwala abantu abangaba yisishiyagalombili, ezindlini ezine - futhi ngemva nje kokuba siziphumulele nengilazi ye-champagne yokwamukela edekhini ekukhanyeni kwelanga kwasentwasahlobo. , njengoba ukaputeni uJulian asidlulisele ohlelweni lwaleli sonto futhi echaza ukuphila emkhunjini.
I-Montpellier kakade yayisisesikhathini esidlule, njengoba ngangibuka ibhuloho lamatshe lasendulo phezu komsele emayadi ambalwa ukusuka, ngiqiniseka ukuthi u-Anjodi wayengeke akwazi ukudlula kulelokhothamo elincane. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, abagibeli babebambe umoya ndawonye njengoba silibangise emgwaqeni futhi yini eyayizosiyisa ethuneni elinamanzi. Ubuso bukaJulian babunganyakazi njengoba sishelela phakathi kwethu nezindonga zamatshe ezazingabizwa ngokuthi i-fag paper.
Futhi kwakuzoba kanjalo isonto lonke, elihlanganisa ukuphumula okuphelele kanye ne-gastronomy eyingqayizivele nokuhlola kanye nenjabulo, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa emseleni wesihlahla, obukekayo, nomlando, owakhiwe ekuqaleni ngekhulu le-17 hhayi njengendawo yokungcebeleka. okwase kube yizivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke, kodwa kakhulu njengendlela yokuhweba, indlela enqamulelayo esuka ogwini lweChannel ukuya eMedithera, ukugwema uhambo olude oluzungeza inhlonhlo yaseSpain nePutukezi. Santweza sidlula amadolobhana amadala; amadolobha anomlando; izindlu zasemanzini; kanye nezivini ezibanzi, eziphethwe umndeni (eziningana zazo esizivakashele ukuyohlola ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo wazo owuqondayo - lokhu kwabe kuwumsebenzi wokuthola amaqiniso), ngokuvamile sigeqa amadada njengoba sishibilika ngaphansi kwamabhuloho amancane, amaningi akhiwa ngesikhathi ukwakhiwa komsele. Ukuze sizivocavoce, singase siqhwebe kubantu bendawo ngezikhathi ezithile ngasosebeni lomsele, noma uma sinomuzwa wokuthi kudingeka okuthile okukhandlayo ngokwengeziwe, sasingehla futhi sihambe sihambahamba endleleni edonsayo, sihambisane kalula no-Anjodi, ukuze siphinde sijoyine umkhumbi lapho ukhiyelwe khona. indawo yokuma imayela elilodwa noma amabili eduze komsele. Amabhayisikili ambalwa ayegcinwa emphemeni kulabo ababefuna ukufunda kabanzi emaphandleni.
Impela, i-Anjodi iyisikebhe lapho umpheki osaziwayo u-Rick Stein ahamba khona ngochungechunge lwakhe oludumile lwe-BBC TV eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Umkhumbi wawumncane ngendlela ochungechunge lwe-TV owawubonisa ngayo futhi nakuba indoda ngokwayo yayingasiphekele, sasinoSarah, umpheki osezingeni eliphezulu ka-Anjodi ogama lakhe lalivame ukuba umsebenzi wobuciko omncane.
Ukudla okumnandi esasikujabulela usuku nosuku kwakuhambisana newayini elikhethwe ukaputeni owayazi ngokucacile izinto zakhe “zamasiko” kanye nobukhulu balawo makhothamo. Ukudla kwasemini kwakuphakelwa ngokuzungeza itafula emphemeni kuyilapho ukudla kwakusihlwa, indaba ende enezifundo ezimbalwa, bekudliwa esaluni enkulu enefenisha ngokukhululeka engezansi. Lapha sasihlangana ukuze senze ama-cocktails ngaphambi kokuhlala sizungeza itafula elikhulu, elibekwe kahle. Amamenyu namawayini kwethulwa ukapteni noma u-Lauren, ophethe amalungiselelo “ehhotela,” ukunethezeka kwabagibeli, ukulungiswa kwekhabethe, njll., futhi injabulo yakhe ekhethekile bekuwukwethula ushizi okhiqizwe endaweni ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa. Kwakungekho ukukhetha kwemenyu, nakuba umuntu wayengacela izitsha eziyintandokazi ukuthi zivele phakathi nesonto - sasimane sidla ukudla okulungiselelwe ngokucophelela, sikujabulele ngamawayini akhethwe uJulian ezivinini zasendaweni, eziphethwe umndeni endleleni.
Amakhabethe nezindlu zangasese kuhlangene ngokungenakugwenywa kodwa kufakwe ngokunethezeka, nakuba kunemibono ekhazimulayo phakathi kwamabhange anezihlahla kanye nelanga lasentwasahlobo elibenyezela emagatsheni, akekho kithi ochitha isikhathi emakamelweni ethu noma endlini yokuphumula enkulu yomphakathi enosofa nezihlalo ezilula, ekhetha ukuvilapha emphemeni noma ukuhamba ogwini.
Uhambo ohambweni lobusuku obuyisithupha olusuka e-Le Somail luya e-Marseillan, emanzini amakhulu anosawoti aphakathi nezwe eLake Thau, lwaluyingxube kanye ongayilindela. Ngezinye izinsuku kwakunezitobhi ezilula edolobhaneni elinobuthongo ukuze udlule ezindlini ezindala, ezazibonakala zingashintshile emakhulwini eminyaka. Kwezinye izinsuku kwakuzoba nohambo lokuphuma ngekhumbi ka-Anjodi, eyayivela usuku ngalunye lapho sibophana.
Edolobheni elimatasa lesifundazwe laseNarbonne, sithathe ikhofi endaweni enamahlamvu bese sihlola imakethe ematasa. E-Bezier sahambahamba phakathi nendawo yasendulo, egcinwe ngokucophelela nezakhiwo eziningi eziseyimizi yabantu, futhi e-Minerve, sabheka phansi emihosheni ejulile ye-limestone ezungeze idolobha njengoba umshayeli wethu ongumFulentshi nomqondisi uLaurent esitshela ngomlando wedolobha wokuchitha igazi, ukuvinjezelwa kwayo. , kanye nezihlubuki ezisukela eminyakeni engu-700 nangaphezulu. Kwesinye isitobhi sedolobhana, sasikwazi ukubona amaPyrenees ambozwe yiqhwa buqamama.
Uhambo oluya e-Carcassonne belumangalisa nje - uma usuka kude endaweni yasemaphandleni, idolobha elibiyelwe ngezindonga elinama-turrets alo amaningi lalibukeka ngendlela okwakumelwe ukuba lavela ngayo ngenkathi kwakhiwa idolobha lenkathi ephakathi. Ngaphakathi kwezindonga naphezu kwezindawo zokudlela nezitolo zezivakashi ezingagwemeki, umkhathi wawusasele uyidolobha elinezivikelo eziqinile, othango lwalo olukhulu lwamatshe lungamelana nanoma yikuphi ukuhlasela.
Emphemeni njengoba sasikhukhuleka emanzini athule, ngokuvamile kudlula eminye imikhumbi embalwa, abagibeli babexoxa futhi uLauren eqinisekisa ukuthi sithola iziphuzo, ikhofi mhlawumbe, iziphuzo ezibandayo, noma ngaphambi kwesidlo sasemini, ingilazi yewayini. Ngolunye usuku, abashadikazi bethu base-Australia bahlola amabhayisikili “emaphandleni” aseFrance, futhi kwelinye, sama ukuze sibone amahhashi asendle eCamargue. Sonke ngabe sihlale isikhathi eside.
I-Anjodi ingenye yemikhumbi yase-European Waterways yezikebhe zikanokusho ezihamba emifuleni nasemihosheni yaseFrance, e-Italy, eHolland naseBelgium, enohambo lwase-UK olugudla iThames, iCaledonian Canal, Scottish Highlands, kanye nomfula iShannon yase-Ireland. Ngenxa yokuthi zithwala abagibeli abangu-4 kuya kwabangu-13 kuphela, zilungele ukushajwa ngemikhosi namaholide omndeni, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi izikebhe ezimbili zihambe ndawonye ngamaqembu amakhulu. Ukusuka e-UK kunokufinyelela emoyeni okuya eMontpellier, eMarseille, kanye nezikhumulo zezindiza ezincane zaseBeziers, Carcassonne, kanye neTours, noma iholide lingahlanganiswa nokuhlala isikhathi eside eningizimu yeFrance ngokundizela e-Nice noma eLyon.
Kukhona izinsiza zikaloliwe ezinhle ezihlanganisa i-Eurostar kanye nensizakalo kaloliwe kazwelonke yaseFrance esebenza kahle kakhulu eya e-Avignon futhi iye phambili iye eMontpellier. Imali yokugibela ehlanganisa konke, yokuhamba ngomkhumbi kuphela e-Anjodi, ehlanganisa konke ukudla, amawayini, indawo yokucima ukoma, kanye nalo lonke uhambo lokuvakasha, kubiza kusukela ku-£2,250 ngomuntu ngamunye, ngokusekelwe ekuhlaleni kabili. Imininingwane egcwele iyatholakala ku-www.GoBarging.com nakuba i-ejenti oyikhethayo izokusingatha kahle konke ukubhukha uhambo lomkhumbi kanye nohambo lwendiza/uloliwe/umgwaqo kanye namalungiselelo okudlulisa.
