Ubusika bufikile ngokusesikweni nge-21 kaDisemba, kwaye ukususela ngoko, izaqhwithi ezingenalusini ezivuthuza imimoya ye-arctic zalahla iitoni zekhephu kuMbindi-ntshona kunye neKhanada. Kodwa apha kwiMeditera enelanga, intsomi kaOvid's Halcyon ibonakala iyinyani kakhulu. Ibinzana elithi "Iintsuku zeHalcyon" livela kwinkolelo yamaGrike yamandulo yokuba iintsuku ezilishumi elinesine zokuzola, imozulu eqaqambileyo ifika ngaxa lithile malunga nenjikalanga yasebusika - kulapho intaka yomlingo ihalcyon yathomalalisa umphezulu wolwandle kwindlwane yayo. Elinjani lona ixesha elifanelekileyo lokuphonononga ilizwe lakudala.
Uhambo lwethu lwesihlanu kulo nyaka, sikhethe ukubhiyozela iiholide kwiNorwegian Jade (eyayisaziwa njengeQhayiya laseHawaii). Umhlobo wethu olungileyo kunye nearhente yokuhamba u-Leslie Darga uhlala ethetha kakhulu nge-NCL, ecaphula igama eliqinileyo lokukhetha iindlela zohambo ezinamazibuko anomdla wokufowuna. Into ethe yasithengisa ngeholide sikhwele i-Jade yayiluhambo lweentsuku ezili-14 lokutsibatsiba olubandakanya imibhiyozo yeKrisimesi kunye noNyaka oMtsha, ehambelana ngokupheleleyo nesiqingatha sonyaka weyunivesithi. Njengomhlohli kunye nomfundi ophumeleleyo, ixesha lalibalulekile.
Kodwa amaxhala malunga ne-Pride yeHawaii ehamba kakuhle ebusika iMeditera yayisemthethweni kwaye ifakwe kakhulu kwi-Intanethi. Ngapha koko, le nqanawa yayakhiwe kuqala njengenqanawa ehamba kumanzi ashushu aseHawaii, hayi njengenqanawa yokuqhekeza umkhenkce ephindwe kabini, njengembali yaseMarco Polo, iflegi yenkampani ye-NCL yakudala i-Orient Lines. Ngokwenene, ukutshintsha igama libe yiJade akufani nokufaka inqanawe ngophahla lweglasi olurhoxiswayo phezu kwedama okanye ukwenza ezinye izilungiso zesibanzi esingaphezulu.
Safika e-Barcelona kwi-EasyJet, enye yeenqwelo-moya ezininzi zesaphulelo ezisuka eMilan. Kunye noRyan Air, ezi nqwelomoya ngabathwali abadumileyo abanemali yokuthengisa ephantsi njengesenti enye. “Ixabiso eliphantsi, ixabiso eliphantsi, ixabiso eliphantsi” yatsho i-halcyon – umrhumo wethu weKrisimesi yayingama-21 kuphela eeuro ukuya nokubuya.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBarcelona El Prat simalunga nemizuzu engama-20 ukusuka ePuerto Muelle Adosado, apho iJade yamiswa khona. ISitishi seSitishi B sasisitsha, sicocekile, kwaye sisebenza kakuhle. Nangona imitha yeteksi yethu ibifundeka ngee-euro ezingama-21.50, ngexesha umqhubi wongeza iintlawulo ezongezelelekileyo zomthwalo, ukufikelela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, ukufikelela kwizibuko, kwaye mhlawumbi nomrhumo ongekho ngqiqweni othi “Ndinuka umkhenkethi osweleyo”, iyonke yafikelela kuma-euro angama-37.
Ukungena kwaba yinto ekhawulezileyo, kwaye iindwendwe ezifike kwangethuba zamenywa ukuba zizonwabele iindawo zikawonke-wonke enqanaweni de iikhabhini zilungile. Siye sahambahamba kwiGarden Café buffet kwaye savuya kukubona ibuffet yabantwana ethandekayo enetafile ezincinci zabo. Indawo ye-buffet mhlawumbi yeyona incinci kakhulu evalelweyo sakha sayibona nakweyiphi na inqanawe ethengiswe ngobuninzi, kodwa yayigcwele kwaye inezitya ezininzi ezahlukeneyo zokukholisa inkalakahla yaseMelika.
Ikhabhinethi engu-5608, igumbi lokujonga ulwandle, lalicocekile, libekwe kwindawo efanelekileyo phakathi enqanaweni, kwaye linebhedi ethokomeleyo elingana nokumkanikazi. Igumbi lokuhlambela lalicocekile, linendawo yokuhlambela enkulu ebiyelwe ngeglasi yabucala. Indawo yangasese yangasese inokubangela iingxaki kwi-claustrophobics xa umnyango weglasi uvaliwe. I-Spearmint yavumba ijeli yeshawari ebukhali ye-Elemis, kunye nesepha yesandla elulwelo - i-lavender ye-oh-so-ezulwini- yaqhola ikhabhathi yethu ngevumba elimnandi ngokungathi amasimi eentyatyambo ezimfusa akhula endle e-Yorkshire Dales akwindawo yokuphosa ilitye.
Ngaphandle kokuthunyelwa kwayo okokuqala, iNqanaba laseHawaii lisebenza kakuhle njengeJade yaseNorwegian yasebusika. Abayili benqanawa benza ubungakanani obubalulekileyo bolawulo lwemozulu enqanaweni, ngoko ke into ebijongwe kwasekuqaleni ukugcina ubushushu bungekho, ikwasebenza kakuhle ukugcina ubushushu bungaphakathi.
Liyinyaniso elokuba, akukho dome ehlehliswayo phezu kwedama, kodwa oko akuzange kuthintele ulutsha olunamandla ekuchitheni iiyure kwisilayidi samanzi. Indawo yokuqubha ayiquki ipesenti enkulu yendawo kawonke-wonke, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba abaqulunqi besazi ukuba kuya kubakho umdla omkhulu ekuzonwabiseni kwiilwandle ezibukekayo zaseHawaii kunokuba zijikeleze ipiscine engaphantsi kune-pristine. (Ndixolele isiFrentshi sam.)
Ngokwam, ndingathanda ukungahambi kwisauna efulelwe nge-chlorine egcwele iglasi xa ndisendleleni eya kwi-buffet. Ukuphefumla umoya omtsha okomzuzwana okanye emibini kunqabile ukuba kwenze mntu. Abanye abakhweli babonise ukudelela i-motif yaseHawaii ephuma rhoqo kuyo yonke i-niche (ukuleles, Aloha iihempe, iintende zekhokhonathi, i-hibiscus kunye ne-polloi yasePolynesia zihombisa uninzi lwazo zonke iindonga), kwaye abakhalazi abakhankanywe ngasentla bavakalelwa kukuba i-NCL ngandlel 'ithile inyanzelekile ukuba itshintshe umxholo kwinqanawa ukuze ihambisane negama elitsha. Into abasileleyo ukuyiqonda kukuba akukho nkampani inokuhlaziya izinto zangaphakathi ngalo lonke ixesha ibeka kwakhona inqanawa. Okona kubaluleke nangakumbi, njengembeko eqhelekileyo, undwendwe olumenyiweyo akufuneki lugxeke incasa yomamkeli wakhe kwisihombiso.
Umlawuli wehotele yaseJade uDwen Binns uthe, “iJade yinqanawa enye neJewel, iGem, iPearl, iDawn, kunye neNkwenkwezi, kwaye inokuhamba ngenqanawa kwihlabathi liphela. Wongeze wathi, "IPearl kunye neGem zineendlela zokubhowula apho ezinye iinqanawa zifumene iivenkile zazo zezipho."
Uhambo lwethu lwaselunxwemeni oluya eRoma naseVatican lwaqala kwizibuko lolwandle laseCivitavecchia, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 kumntla-ntshona weSixeko saPhakade. Nge-$259 ngomntu ngamnye, olu lolona tyelelo lwethu lubiza imali eninzi, kwaye ndisachacha kumothuko wesincamathelisi; kodwa kuyaziwa ukuba zimbalwa izinto e-Italiyane zibaleka ngexabiso eliphantsi. Ukhenketho lwethu lweMyuziyam yaseVatican lutyhile amawakawaka obutyebi bakapopu, kubandakanywa umfanekiso kaLeonardo da Vinci weSaint Jerome, imizobo eliqela eyenziwe nguCaravaggio, kunye nengqokelela enkulu yemisebenzi eyenziwa yinkosi uRaphael. Inkwenkwezi eqaqambileyo yengqokelela yiSistine Chapel, apho iiphaneli ezidumileyo zikaMichelangelo ukusuka "kwiNdalo ka-Adam" ukuya "kuMgwebo wokugqibela" zihombise isilingi kunye neendonga. Iimitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kwindawo yokuphuma yolondolozo lwembali kume iBasilica yaseSaint Peter, eyona cawa inkulu ehlabathini. Ucango olungcwele, oluvulwa kube kanye kuphela kwiminyaka engama-25, lwavalwa ngesamente, emva kokuba lusetyenziswe okokugqibela ebudeni bemibhiyozo yeminyaka eliwaka. Ngaphakathi kweendonga ezingcwele, iPietà ibengezela ngokufudumeleyo phantsi kwezibane ezithambileyo, ngokukhuselekileyo emva kweglasi engangenwa bullet, ngaphaya kokufikelela abantu abaphambanayo abaphambanayo abaphethe izando. Ingcwaba likaPetros oNgcwele liphantsi kwesibingelelo esiphakamileyo. Umkhokeli wethu, uMario, walatha amagumbi apho uPope Benedictus XVI ahlala khona, kunye nebalcony apho uSua Santità ahambisa khona iKrisimesi ezinzulwini zobusuku. Abasebenzi babehlanganisa isakhiwo esimangalisayo sokuzalwa kukaYesu phantsi komkhusane weetarp ezishinyeneyo de kwaqalisa umbhiyozo okhethekileyo weyuletide.
Emva kokhenketho lwethu lwaseVatican, siphinde sangena e-Itali ukuya kungqina isithsaba se-Imperial Rome: iFlavian Amphitheatre, eyaziwa ngokuba yiColosseum. Ngowe-1749, uPopu uBenedict XIV wavakalisa iColosseum njengesiza esingcwele, ngoxa amaKristu okuqala ayebulawelwe ukholo kwiindonga zalo. Abathengisi bazo zonke iintlobo zezikhumbuzo babekho ukuze baphucule umtsalane wophawu, ngelixa abadlali abanxibe isinxibo somthetheli-khulu waseRoma babehleli bechwayitile phakathi kweefoto zemifanekiso.
Izibuko lethu lesibini lokufowunela, iNapoli entle, yayithe phithi kubathengi bangaphambi koBubusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi bekhetha izinto zolonwabo zomsitho weKrisimesi. EItali, iKrismesi ngumbhiyozo wonqulo, yaye abantwana balinda de kube nguJanuwari 6 ukuze bafumane izinto zabo zokudlala. Via San Gregorio Armeno, indledlana emxinwa ezele ziivenkile zeKrisimesi, ibonise amawaka eeseti zokuzalwa ezisuka kwezithobekileyo ukuya kwezona zibalaseleyo. Ubawo uDiamund, elungiselela inqanawa yomkhosi wasezinzulwini zobusuku, wafuna iiminiatures zezenkolo kwaba bathengisi ukuze banike abantwana abazimase lo mbhiyozo. Emva kokufumanisa ukuba wayengumfundisi, umthengisi waseNapolitan wanikela ngemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yoMntwana onguYesu engama-500 kumfundisi, owathi ngovuyo wabelana ngayo naye wonke umntu owayeze kumthendeleko (ndixelelwa ukuba baphantse babe ngama-500). Akukho namnye owaphoswa bubuhle bam, ndaya eSt. Mattress yaseSprings ngobo busuku.
Isithethe senkulungwane yeminyaka yokuzalwa kukaNapolitan sibuyela emva kwiwaka leminyaka. Sityelele umboniso wokuzalwa kwi-Complesso Monumentale di San Severo al Pendino kwi-Via Duomo, enikezelwa yi-Associazione Italiana Amici del Presepio, ingqokelela yayo ibonisa inkcubeko kunye nembali ye-oeuvres d'art eyenziwe ngabadwebi abadumileyo baseTaliyane. Ngokutsho kweAssociazione, uxwebhu luthetha ngokuzalwa kwicawa yaseSanta Maria del Presepe ngowe-1025. Ngowe-1340, uSancia di Maiorca (ukumkanikazi ongunkosikazi kaRobert d'Anjou) wanikela ukuzalwa kuLungelo loonongendi bakaClarisse ekuvuleni kwabo oonongendi olutsha. ecaweni. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo weNtombi Enyulu uMariya (iVergine Puerperal) ukusuka kukuzalwa kuka-Angevin ngoku ugcinwe kwi-Certosa di San Martino Monastery.
Usuku lweKrisimesi lwalubhiyozelwa elwandle, phakathi kwe-Norwegian Jade ehonjiswe ngokumangalisayo. Ngamawaka emithi yeKrisimesi ehlwahlwazayo, amawaka ezibane zeKrisimesi, kunye nesigidi esimenyezelayo emehlweni abantwana abonwabileyo abandwendwela iJolly Old Elf, indawo yethu yokuphumla edadayo yaba yindawo yeholide. Isidlo sangokuhlwa seKrisimesi ibiyimibhiyozo emnandi kwaye sizalise ngokufanelekileyo, kunye nezitya zodidi lwemali emnandi. Iholide eyodwa eyongezelelekileyo kwiTheatre yaseStardust ibonise iingoma ezindala nezintsha, ezenziwa ngabaselula nabanamandla beemvumi nabadanisi abanetalente, abamiyalezo yabo ekhuthazayo yovuyo yasasaza uvuyo nethemba phakathi kweendwendwe zenqanawa, ezibalelwa kuma-2300 kwaye zisuka kuma-63 ahlukeneyo. izizwe. Yayilithuba lethu lokunxiba iqhina lethu elitsha likaCharlie Brown kunye ne-Snoopy silika, kwaye sime kwenye yeeseti ezininzi zokufota ukubamba urhatya lomlingo.
Izibuko lethu lesithathu, iAlexandria, linike ithuba lokutyelela iiphiramidi ezintle zaseGiza. Uhambo lwebhasi lweeyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ukuya eCairo, luququzelelwe yiNasco Tours, lukhokelwa yi-erudite kunye ne-regal ubuhle baseYiputa ogama linguRanda. Njengomfundi ophumelele eyunivesithi kwezokhenketho, uRanda wayeyazi kakuhle i-hieroglyphs, imimangaliso yehlabathi lamandulo, kunye nenkcubeko yaseYiputa ukutyhubela iminyaka eyiwaka. Wayethetha isiNgesi njengenkosazana yaseArabia, kwaye enxibe icouture yodidi olusuka eMiuccia Prada. Ebudeni bohambo lwethu lweeyure ezili-13, ngobubele waphula ucwangciso olusemthethweni kabini, ukuze abakhweli abanxungupheleyo batyelele ngokungxamisekileyo kwiikhemesti zasekuhlaleni.
Isihlalo esingaphambili somqeqeshi besigcinelwe umlindi oxhobileyo ohamba neqela ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya ekupheleni. Ngolu suku, nangona kunjalo, akazange abonakale emsebenzini. Ekufikeni kwethu eGiza, kwakungekho kunqongophala kwamapolisa abakhenkethi abaxhotyiswe ngoomatshini kuzo zonke izikhumbuzo zamandulo. Singalindelanga, kwafika amapolisa amabini awayenxibe iyunifomu ngoxa sasimi phambi kweepiramidi, acela ikhamera yethu aza asifota. Emva kokudibana ngokufutshane, basixelela ukuba bafuna imali ye "baksheesh" yabo (ingcebiso). Hayi abo bazokuxambulisana nabani na ophethe imipu yoomatshini, uMarco wabanika i-euro nganye. Emva koko bathi akwanelanga kwaye bafuna i-euro ezimbini ubuncinane nganye, ngoko ke wabanika esinye isibini se-euro kwaye sahamba ngokukhawuleza.
URanda ugxininise ukubaluleka kokuphepha abaculi abakhohlisayo kwiipiramidi. Ubalise ngobuqhetseba obuthe gqolo bokumema umkhenkethi ongalindelanga ukuba akhwele inkamela simahla, ethathela abakhenkethi imifanekiso ngelixa ehleli phezu kwesilwanyana esiziimitha ezi-8 ubude, waze wabhengeza kamva umrhumo wokuhla enkameleni yayizi-100 zeedola.
Njengoko ndandisiya kumqeqeshi emva kokutyelela iiphiramidi, kwaloo polisa labakhenkethi lixhobe ngoomatshini leza kum, lifuna i-baksheesh engakumbi. Ndakhomba uMarco ndathi, “Sele sikunike iiEuro ezine, awukhumbuli?” Impendulo yakhe yathi "uMarco unike i-baksheesh, kodwa awuzange."
Ndicaphukile yaye ndithukwa, ndaphendula ndathi “andiphathanga mali,” ndaza ndaya kumqeqeshi ngokudelela, ndikulumkele ukujonga ngasemva.
URon noLisa Leininger, ngoku abahlala kwiziko le-NATO eBrussels, eBelgium, batyelela iiphiramidi baza bathi: “Wowu, ngokwenene bakha into ebalulekileyo kwiminyaka engama-4,000 XNUMX eyadlulayo. Sothuswa kukubona imbali kwindawo enye. ”
Emva kokutyelela iiphiramidi, iNasco Tours yasisa kwibhotwe elihle elinezibane eziqaqambileyo neekhaphethi zesilika. Ii-buffets ezine ezinkulu zibonelela ngezigidi zeetya; amangenelo ashushu, iibhiya, iiwayini, kunye neesoda ngokuqinisekileyo zalungiselelwa inkalakahla zaseMelika, kodwa izimuncumuncu ezityebileyo zazingaziwa, zazingaqhelekanga kwaye zinomtsalane ngokungenakuthintelwa.
Amanye amaqela akhethe ukhenketho lwe-“Pyramids and Nile in Style”, okuthetha ukuba isidlo sabo sasemini basiphakelwa enqanaweni, idada kwiNayile. Ukugqibelana kwam ndiseCairo, ndacatshukiswa livumba elibi eliphuma kumanzi amdaka oMnayile. Andizange ndibe nasibindi sokutya isidlo sasemini ngoxa ndidada phezu kwamanzi amdaka.
UDebra Iantkow, umthengisi wohambo osuka eCalgary, eAlberta wayenomdla kakhulu kunam, ngoko yena nosapho lwakhe bathabatha uhambo oludumileyo lweNayile. “Yayinganuki kwaphela,” watsho: “kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo yayimdaka – sibone abantu belahla inkunkuma emanzini. Endleleni eya kuhambo lwenqanawa sadlula iikhilomitha kunye neekhilomitha zemijelo yokuhluma ukusuka kumlambo iNayile, inkunkuma igcwele iingxowa zenkunkuma, inkunkuma, kwaye, ngaxesha lithile, kwakukho i-flotsam eninzi eyayigubungela ngokupheleleyo umjelo ukusuka ebhankini ukuya ebhankini, kwaye wawungenakukwazi. ungawaboni namanzi ngaphantsi.
“Ndandicinga ukuba iTijuana imbi de ndayibona le ndawo,” watsho uChristopher, umsebenzi wasesibhedlele waseBoerney, eTexas, “kodwa le yeyona ndawo imdaka ndakha ndayibona ebomini bam.”
ULeininger uthe ngenqanawa yomNayile “Inike iindwendwe umbono olungileyo wokutya kunye nomdaniso waseYiputa. Indoda enxibe itutu emibalabala yajija okomphezulu kangangemizuzu eli-15. Inenekazi elihle elizijuxuze esiswini kumculo wokwenyani wase-Egypt, oveliswe kumagubu e-bongo kunye ne-keyboard synthesizer.
Ngokusekwe kwinkcazo kaLeininger, ndiyatolika ukuba kwakungekho tune yaziwayo okanye imitha kumculo, kodwa kufana necacophony yezandi ezingaqhelekanga. Wathi: “Kwakubuhlungu, ndiyavuya kuba akuzange kuhlale ixesha elide.”
Iikhilomitha kude, ukhenketho lwam lwe-"de-Nile" lwasikhokelela eMemphis naseSaqqara yakudala, apho sangena kwingcwaba leminyaka engama-4600 lomfundisi wamandulo, kwaye sawuncoma umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaRamses II kwiMyuziyam yaseMit Rahina. Ukubaluleka kwe-archaeological kwezi ndawo kuthathe umdla we-anthropological amashumi eminyaka.
Ukusukela oko i-Norwegian Jade yahamba ngobusuku e-Alexandria, usuku lwesibini lunike ithuba eliguquguqukayo lokutyelela iisayithi ezongezelelweyo ngokwemidla yomntu.
Ngokuhambelana nomxholo wethu woSapho oluNgcwele, sityelele iiNgcwele uSergius kunye neCawe yaseBacchus, ekwabizwa ngokuba nguAbu Serga, eCoptic Cairo. Icawe inikezelwe kwiiNgcwele uSergius kunye noBacchus, ababethanda izitabane / amajoni abulawelwa ukholo ngenkulungwane yesine eSyria nguMlawuli waseRoma uMaximian. Esi siza siphakamileyo siphawula apho uMariya, uYosefu nosana olunguYesu kuthiwa babehlala khona xa babebalekela eYiputa.
Masithethe ngeTurkey. Amazwe amandulo aseAnatolia ayengowona mmangaliso mkhulu weentsuku ezili-14 zeMeditera odyssey. Uhambo lwethu elunxwemeni, oluqhutywa yiTura Turizm, lugqithise konke ebesikulindele. U-Leyla Öner, umququzeleli wokhenketho, wangena kumqeqeshi waza wazazisa, esinqwenelela uhambo oluhle lokuya e-Efese, eshiya ingxowa ye-goodie kundwendwe ngalunye oluzaliswe zizikhumbuzo ezilishumi elinesibini. Esinye sezikhumbuzo zesisa yayiyi "Imbiza yaManzi aNgcwele," eza nemiyalelo "Le mbiza yenziwe ngesandla, eyenziwe ngomhlaba ophilayo, yenzelwe ukuba uzalise ngamanzi angcwele aphuma kumthombo weNdlu yeNtombi Enyulu kaMariya. Izinto ezisetyenziswe kulo msebenzi wobugcisa zijolise ekuboniseni izitya zomdongwe ezazisetyenziswa ngamaEfese ngenkulungwane yokuqala, AD. Siyathemba ukuba uyakonwabela esi sikhumbuzo njengesikhumbuzo esivela kumhlaba ongcwele kaMama uMariya!
Umkhenkethisi wethu omkhulu wosuku, u-Ercan Gürel, wayesisifundiswa nendoda elinene. Ngokuqinisekileyo omnye wabakhenkethi ababalaseleyo abakhe basikhaphe kuhambo lwaselwandle, u-Ercan (uJohn) wayeyiencyclopedia ehambayo yembali yakudala. Elinye lamabango akhe odumo yayikukuba ngenene wasebenza kwezinye zezokumbiwa kwezinto zakudala e-Efese, ngaphambi kokuba izazinzulu zazi kakuhle ukuba yintoni eyayingaphantsi kweenkulungwane zokugquma komhlaba.
Ngokungafaniyo neYiputa, unxweme lwaseTurkey lwalungenabala, kwaye izibuko lase-Izmir laliyiperile yokwenyani ye-Adriatic. Naphi na apho sasisiya khona, abahlalutyi basekuhlaleni babesahlula isizwe sabo esasingamaSilamsi: “Asingoma-Arabhu. Abaninzi baseTurkey baneenwele ezimhlophe, amehlo aluhlaza kunye nebala elimhlophe. Ilizwe lethu likwinxalenye yelizwekazi laseYurophu, yaye thina sililizwe elingakholelwayo kwizinto zehlabathi.”
Intlambo echumileyo ekhokelela kwisixeko samandulo sase-Efese nguMyezo wase-Eden weepesika, iiapilkosi, amakhiwane, iiorenji, iminquma kunye namasimi angenasiphelo emifuno enamagqabi aluhlaza.
Kwisithsaba sentaba iKoressos (Bülbül Daği) kumi iNdlu yeNtombi Enyulu uMariya, isakhiwo sezitena esibizwa ngokuba likhaya apho uMama uMariya wachitha iminyaka yakhe yokugqibela. Abembi bezinto zakudala baye bathi isiseko seso sakhiwo senkulungwane yokuqala, yaye oopopu abathathu batyelela esi siza, behlonela ilifa laso lonqulo.
Ngaphakathi kwiNdlu kaMariya, unongendi onobuhlobo wasinika iimbasa zesilivere njengezikhumbuzo zohambo lwethu olude. Ngaphambili kwekhaya, kukho indlela ejikelezayo ekhokelela kwimithombo ekukholelwa ukuba inamanzi angummangaliso. Akukho namnye ukudlula ummangaliso wamahhala, ndazifafaza amaxesha ambalwa, nje nge-inshurensi ye-ethereal.
Emva kwesidlo sasemini esinesidlo sasemini, satyelela isikolo sekhaphethi. Apha, abafundi abafunda umsebenzi bachitha iinyanga bebophelela imicu yesilika kwizixhobo zokuluka ezinkulu ukwenza imisebenzi emihle yobugcisa, bethengisa kwigumbi lokubonisa ngeplanga ngeplanga ngesixhenxe ukuya kumashumi amabini amawaka eeuro. Iikhaphethi ezingabizi kakhulu ezenziwe ngoboya okanye umqhaphu zaboniswa, kunye neeragi ezilula zoyilo lwe-nomadic eziqala malunga ne-euro300. Imihlathi yam yawela phantsi xa uErcan Gürel wandinika ikhaphethi entle, enkulu elukwe ngesandla, enesiqinisekiso sobunyani, waza wayityhila ukuba yayisisipho esivela kuye nakwisikolo sekhaphethi.
Ngemini elandelayo, sisakhwankqisiwe yikhaphethi yaseTurkey enesisa, safika sichwayitile kunxweme lwaseGrisi. Ukuba bekukho ixesha elaneleyo, ukhetho lwethu lokuqala bekuya kuba kukutyelela i-Autonomous Monastic State yeNtaba Engcwele, iNtaba yaseAthos. Ngokutsho kwembali ye-athoni, uMariya wema apha endleleni eya kuLazaro. Wemka elunxwemeni waza, ewonganyelwe bubuhle obumangalisayo nobunyulu baloo ntaba, wayisikelela waza wacela kuNyana wakhe ukuba ibe sisitiya sakhe. [Ukuba uMama akonwabanga, akukho mntu uvuyayo.] Ukususela ngaloo mzuzu, intaba yangcwaliswa “njengoMyezo kaMama kaThixo” yaye iye yaphuma imida kubo bonke abanye abafazi ukususela ngoko.
Owu, ke, iAthene “yayiyiplani B” elungileyo. Kwakuyimini engaphambi koNyaka oMtsha, yaye njengoko kulisiko kumaTaliyane, safuna ukuthenga impahla entsha yempahla ebomvu esiza kuyinxiba ngoSuku Lonyaka Omtsha. Isikipa esibomvu esihonjiswe ngegolide seAcropolis sazalisa ityala. IAthene yayinyakazela ngumsebenzi, yaye iibhasi zabakhenkethi zazichubekile kwindlela yazo ukuze ziphephe ubungqina bokuphanga okanye ukutshatyalaliswa ngesidubedube. Xa bebuza abakhenkethi malunga nolu dushe, bebesoloko bezenza ngathi abanalwazi; i-antiphon eqheliselwe kakuhle yayisoloko "andazi nto ngayo."
Nangona oko kungenakwenzeka, ukuphelelwa yinkumbulo kwabantu basemzini kuye kwaphawulwa. Ngolunye urhatya, uMlawuli weenqanawa waseNorwegian Jade, uJason Bowen, u-MC'd "Umdlalo ongatshati-ngokutsha" kwi-Spinnaker Lounge. Umbuzo otyikityayo othi “Yeyiphi eyona ndawo ingaqhelekanga owakhe wayenza i-whoopee” yabangela iimpendulo ezingaqhelekanga, kodwa emva kokuba umyeni wexesha elide esithi ikwigumbi eliphezulu lenkampu e-orenji, inkosikazi yakhe yakhefuzela “Owu, yayiyiloo nto? bendihleli nawe?"
Ayinakulibaleka, ngeendlela ezininzi, yayingabahlobo abatsha esadibana nabo kolu hambo lolwandle. Abantu abavela kwiCruise Critic baququzelele ukudibana kabini kunye nokubulisa abalandeli bebhodi. Sadibana noBrian Ferguson kunye noTony Spinosa waseParis, eFransi, ababebhiyozela umhlala-phantsi kaBrian kwangoko kwi-Air France. Sadibana noRobbie Keir nobuhle bakhe, uJonathan Mayers, ababekwiholide besuka eAberdeen, eSkotlani. Ngokuzenzekelayo, u-Jonathan uye waba likhaya likaGerry Mayers, umhlohli wethu wendawo, owacacisa iimbali zamandulo zase-Egypt, Turkey, naseGrisi.
Omnye weVIPs ebhodini yayingu-LLoyd Hara, uLt. Colonel odla umhlala-phantsi, kunye noSekela Mongameli okhoyo weKhomishoni yasePort eSeattle. U-LLoyd noLizzie bathi eyona nto ibalaseleyo kuhambo lwabo lukhenketho lwabo kwiPalace Armory eMalta, enye yezona ngqokelela zezixhobo zehlabathi ezinkulu ezigcinwe kwizakhiwo zabo zokuqala, zibekwe phakathi kwezona zikhumbuzo zembali zenkcubeko yaseYurophu. Isekwe yiKnights yaseSt John, iimonki zamagorha anoburhalarhume kunye neyoyikekayo, iAmoury iseyenye yezona mpawu zibalaseleyo nezibambekayo zozuko oludlulileyo loMyalelo woMkhosi waseMalta onguMongami.
Ndikhetha iimonki zam nje kancinci kwicala elimnandi nelithambileyo, lihleli kufutshane neetafile zefratini, zabelana ngecudi zazo kunye ne-whey, ndizivase ngeekharafu zase-Asti Spumante. Enye yezo ndawo zinomtsalane zenziwa ngokutsha kwivenkile yokutyela yaseJade, iKitchen yaseTaliyane kaPapa, ehonjiswe kakuhle njenge trattoria yemveli yaseTuscan, eneetafile zefratini kunye nematoni yezitena zevista. Imenyu inezitya zemveli ezivela kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo yase-Italiya, kunye nokutolikwa okumbalwa koko abantu baseMelika bacinga ukuba amaTaliyane atya, njenge-alfredo sauce, i-spaghetti esetyenziswe ngokudibanisa ne-chicken parmigiana (kunokuba ibe yi-primo piatto), isaladi kaKesare kunye ne-pepperoni pizza. .
Besichukumisekile ngokwenene kukutya okuphakwe kwiJade. Sasithanda i-Tex-Mex fajitas kunye ne-quesadillas kwi-Paniolo's. Indawo yokutyela ka-Alizar (eyayifudula ibizwa ngokuba yi-Ali Baba's kwi-Pride yaseHawaii) ibonelela ngemenyu efanayo ne-Grand Pacific, kodwa inikezela ngenkonzo ekhawulezayo. I-Blue Lagoon, indawo yokutyela eneeyure ezingama-24 ezimfutshane ibonelela ngokutya okunencasa okunencasa, okufana ne-chuck meatloaf, isuphu ye-basil-cream-tomato, ikeyiki yequnube, kunye nekeyiki yetshizi evuza amaqunube kunye nejeli eswiti. Igelato yase-Italiya kunye nezinye izibiliboco ezinqwenelekayo yayikufowuna nje kuphela, iziswe ngokukhawuleza ngenkonzo yasimahla yegumbi, njengomlingo!
Isipho seZazi esasikhwele enqanaweni yaba ngumncedisi wethu, uRuth Hagger, uTyrolean fräulein osele ekhulile nonomoya wobutsha nowonwabileyo owaphuma kanye kwincwadi yamabali kaHeidi. Ephuma kumdyarho weNdebe yeHlabathi eKitzbühel, intetho yakhe enomtsalane yaseOstriya yavakala njengomntu ophilileyo, onentliziyo efudumeleyo ongafiyo “kwiSandi soMculo.” Ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayinguye kuphela umntu enqanaweni owayenokuqubisana nolwimi lwaseTyrolean “Der Pfårrer vu Bschlåbs hat z'Pfingschte 's Speckbsteck z'spat bstellt.” URute wayebonakala emazi umntu omaziyo umntu onokufumana indawo emhlabeni okanye elwandle. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yiJeep eMalta, okanye ukufikelela kumagosa alawulayo, uRuth ungumntu omangalisayo waseAustria onesimo sengqondo "sokwenza". Ngokumangalisayo, kusuku lokuqala lohambo lolwandle waya kuthi, wasibulisa ngegama, waza wazazisa. Akaphelelanga nje ekucengcelezeni amagama ethu kunye nobuso bethu kwinkqubo yokhuseleko lwenqanawa, wayesazi apho sisuka khona kwaye zeziphi ezinye zezinto esinomdla kuzo (mhlawumbi kuhambo lwethu olubhukishwe ngaphambili?) Andizange ndibe namava nakweliphi na inqanaba lenkonzo elolo hlobo kuyo nayiphi na into. inqanawa ngaphambili, kwaye yeza njengesimangaliso esonwabileyo esimangalisayo.
Izibuko lethu le-debarking, i-Barcelona, ibidlamkile kwaye i-astir kunye nabarhwebi abathengisa izipho zomzuzu wokugqibela zosuku olukhulu, i-Epifania, ngoJanuwari 6. Ama-catalans abhiyozela isizini ngezithethe ezimbini ezinxulumene ne-poo. Eyokuqala yi-Caganer, i-porcelain encinci efana ne-gnome enebhulukhwe ephantsi, izenza ilindle kwenye indawo kwindawo yokuzalwa. Njengenkwenkwana edlala igubu, uCaganer ebenikezela ngezipho zakhe ezikhethekileyo kwindawo yokuzalwa ukusukela phakathi kwinkulungwane ye-18. Pa rum pum pum pum pum.
I-Caga Tió (tió ithetha ilogi ngesiCatalan) yiYule log, ipeyintwe ngobuso obunoncumo kwaye inakekelwa ukususela emva kwe-El Dia de Inmaculada (8 kuDisemba). Kwandula ke, ngeKrismesi, abantwana babethe isigodo baze bacule iingoma ezikhuthaza ukuba “$h!t ezinye izipho.”
Sichithe ubusuku kumngxuma omncinane kwipenshini eludongeni, iContinental Hotel, ekwiRamblas ePlaça Catalunya - iBarçalon elingana neAvenue des Champs-Élysées idibana neTimes Square. Le hotele ayinguye wonke umntu, ngakumbi abo bahamba ngezitulo ezinamavili, okanye undwendwe oluqondayo olufuna iindawo zokuhlala ezitofotofo. Kodwa njengendawo efanelekileyo yokuntlitheka ubusuku bonke, igumbi lethu le-euro ezingama-78.50 lize nentaphane yezinto eziluncedo zasimahla, njengewayini ebomvu nemhlophe engenamda, i-ayisikrimu, iziselo ezibandayo, ijusi ye-orenji, isaladi encinci, izitya ezintandathu ezishushu njengetapile ezigcadiweyo. kunye ne-rice pilaf, ii-cereals, izonka, i-cashews, i-peanuts kunye ne-walnuts. Kwakhona esimahla yayiyikhompyuter ye-Intanethi kunye ne-wi-fi eyomeleleyo. Igumbi lethu leendwendwe lalincinci, kodwa licocekile kakhulu, kwaye linegumbi lokuhlambela labucala elinebhafu kunye neshawari equkuqelayo ehamba ngamandla izisa amanzi amaninzi ashushu kusasa. Iphepha lodonga lalinohlobo loyilo lwentsomi, laliqala ukuxobuka, kwaye ngokucacileyo selikhulile. Yayingqamana nebhedi epinki engaphoxekiyo kunye ne-fu-fu kakhulu kunye ne-lacy lampshades, into efana negumbi lokulala elisecaleni kwindlu kamakhulu apho wayegcina khona oonodoli bakhe baseTshayina.
Sachitha ixesha lethu elininzi sikhenketha iTempile Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, icawa yamaRoma aKhatholika eyayisakhiwa (ukususela ngo-1882). Eyilwe ngu-Antoni Gaudí, iprojekthi yokugqibela kulindeleke ukuba igqitywe ngo-2026 (isizathu esihle sokubuyela e-Barcelona). I-façade esempuma inomfanekiso omnandi wokuzalwa oqingqwe ematyeni, imbeko kwigama letempile “uSapho oluNgcwele.” Kwi-crypt kukho amangcwaba asebukhosini baseSpain, kuquka uKumkanikazi uConstance waseSicily, uMarie de Lusignan (umfazi wesithathu kaKumkani uJames II), kunye nelo likamakhulu wam wama-24, uKumkanikazi Petronila waseAragon.
Inqwelomoya yethu ebuyela ekhaya eMilano yayiyiyure enemizuzu elishumi elinesihlanu kuphela. Safika safumana ikhephu ligubungela isixeko, esikwiikhilomitha ezingama-30 kuphela ukusuka kumda waseSwitzerland. Apha emantla eItali, izipho zethu zeKrisimesi zifunyanwa ngoJanuwari 6. Ngokwesithethe, izipho ziziswa ligqwirha elibizwa ngokuba nguBefana. (Ngokuqinisekileyo, njengomntu waseMelika, ndifumana ukuntywila kabini kwaye ndifumane izipho ezivela kuSanta Claus ngoDisemba!) I-Befana iboniswa njengehagi endala ekhangeleka kakubi, ngokuqinisekileyo iGqwirha elikhohlakeleyo laseNtshona uhlobo lwe-shrew. Kuba ngathi iHalloween xa ndimbona, kodwa ndiza kuthatha zonke izipho nabani na afuna ukundinika zona.
Ayikapheli de kuculwe umfazi otyebileyo. AmaTaliyane ayayithanda iopera yawo, kwaye ndiyayithanda iminyhadala yasimahla eTeatro alla Scala. "I-Prima delle Prime" sisiganeko esiqhelekileyo esikhululekile kuluntu esibonisa i-opera okanye i-ballet ezayo. Lo msitho ubandakanya iintetho, iividiyo, iisampuli eziphilayo, kwaye kunjalo, ithuba lokungena kwiindonga ezingcwele zeLa Scala, mahala. Andikwazi ukukhwela inqwelomoya ukuya eMelika de ndive nokuba ndive into enye, efana no-O mio babbino caro, okanye u-Amami Alfredo. Ayisiyo ndlela-ntle, kodwa i-Fimerci Italia okwangoku.
Kwiifoto ezikhethiweyo zohambo lwethu, nceda ubone http://thejade.weebly.com
