Lathi lakufika ixesha lokujoyina umqeqeshi eMontpellier kwaye ndiye e-Anjodi, isikhephe sam sehotele samisa isiqingatha seyure ukuya kwiCanal du Midi kwilali encinci yamanzi yaseLe Somail. Ndalingeka ukuba ndihlale ngasemva.
Ndandifike eMontpellier ngoMgqibelo, kusuku olungaphambi kokuba sikhwele, ndaza ndagqiba kwelokuba andisayi kuyishiya loo dolophu imnandi. Ndingathumela i-imeyile ekhaya ukuba andisayi kubuya. Ihotele yam yayikufuphi nje nePlace de la Comedie, indawo yendibano ebanzi ejikelezwe ziivenkile zokutyela eziphumela kwipavumente, yaye ndandiza kuchitha usuku olulandelayo ndihlola izitrato zamandulo nezixakekileyo zedolophu, ndonwabela isidlo sangokuhlwa kwindawo enamagqabi, ndityela kwenye. Kwiindawo zokutyela ezininzi, njengoko unokulindela, ukutya okumnandi kungengamaxabiso afikelelekayo. Ndathatha isidlo sakusasa sekofu kunye ne-croissants ngentsasa elandelayo kwiNdawo, ndibuyela apho ngesidlo sasemini emva kokuphonononga okungakumbi. Ulonwabo.
Kodwa bamba umqeqeshi endiwenzileyo kunye nezinye izibini ezithathu, ezibini zase-Australia kunye nesinye sase-USA-u-Anjodi uphethe ubuninzi obusibhozo, kwiikhabhathi ezine-kwaye kamsinyane emva kokuba sizipholele ngeglasi yechampagne eyamkelekileyo kumgangatho welanga lasentwasahlobo. , njengoko ukapteni uJulian wasiqhubela kucwangciso lwaloo veki waza wachaza ubomi enqanaweni.
IMontpellier yayisele ikwixesha elidluleyo, njengoko ndandijonge kwibhulorho yamandulo yamatye ephezu komjelo weemitha ezimbalwa ukusuka apho, ndiqinisekile ukuba uAnjodi akanakuze adlule kulaa ntlabathi imxinwa. Kungekudala emva koko, abagibeli babebambe umoya wabo njengoko sasisiya kwi-arch kwaye yintoni eya kusithatha ngokuqinisekileyo ukuya engcwabeni lamanzi. Ubuso bukaJulian babungashukumi njengoko sasityibilika kwinto eyayinokubizwa ngokuba liphepha lefag phakathi kwethu neendonga zamatye.
Kwaye kwakuba njalo ke iveki, edibanisa ukuphumla okupheleleyo kunye ne-gastronomy ekhethekileyo kunye nokuhlola kunye nemincili, iintsuku ezisixhenxe kumjelo owenziwe ngumthi, obukekayo, kunye nembali, eyakhiwe ekuqaleni ngenkulungwane ye-17 kungekhona njengendawo yokuzonwabisa. ekuye ngoku yaba kubakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa kakhulu njengendlela yorhwebo, indlela emfutshane ukusuka kunxweme lweChannel ukuya kwiMeditera, ukunqanda ukujikeleza okude kusingasiqithi weSpanish nePortugal. Sasibhabha sidlula kwiilali zakudala; iidolophu ezinembali; iindawo zokuhlala ezisecaleni kwamanzi; kunye nezidiliya ezibanzi, eziphethwe usapho (eziliqela apho siye sandwendwela ukuqhuba isheke esemgangathweni kwimveliso yabo oyiqondayo - oku kwakusemva kwayo yonke iphulo lokufumana inyani), ihlala idada njengoko sityibilika phantsi kweebhulorho ezimxinwa, ezininzi ezakhiwe ngexesha ukwakhiwa komjelo. Ukwenza umthambo, sisenokuwangawangisa ngamathuba athile kubantu basekuhlaleni abakunxweme lomjelo, okanye ukuba sivakalelwa kukuba kufuneka into ethile enzima ngakumbi, sasinokwehla size sihambe sihamba-hamba kwindlela yokutsala, ngokulula sihambisana noAnjodi, ukuze sibuyele enqanaweni xa iqhaga okanye indawo yokumisa imayile enye okanye ezimbini ecaleni komjelo. Iibhayisekile ezimbalwa zazigcinwa kumngangatho kwabo babefuna ukukhangela ngakumbi emaphandleni.
I-Anjodi, ewe, sisikhephe apho umpheki osaziwayo uRick Stein wahamba ngesikhephe kuthotho lwakhe lweTV oludumileyo lweBBC kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo. Inqanawa yayincinci kakhulu njengoko uthotho lweTV luyibonisile kwaye nangona le ndoda yayingasiphekelelanga, sasinoSarah, umpheki okwinotshi ephezulu ka-Anjodi omenyu yakhe yayidla ngokuba yeyobugcisa obuncinci.
Ukutya okumnandi esasikunandipha suku ngalunye kwakukhatshwa ziiwayini ezikhethwa ngukapteni owayezazi ngokucacileyo izinto zakhe “zenkcubeko” yaye ebazi nobukhulu bezo zakhiwo. Isidlo sasemini sasiqhele ukuqhutywa ngetafile ekwidesika ngelixa idinala, umcimbi omde kunye nezifundo ezininzi, zazithathwa kwisaluni enkulu enefenitshala entle engezantsi. Apha sasidibanela iicocktails phambi kokuba sihlale sijikeleze itafile enkulu, ebekwe ngokuhonjisiweyo. Iimenyu kunye newayini zaziswa ngukapteni okanye uLauren, ophethe amalungiselelo "ehotele", ubumnandi babagibeli, ukulungiswa kwekhabhinethi, njl. Kwakungekho kukhetho lwemenyu, nangona umntu unokucela izitya ezizithandayo ukuba zivele phakathi evekini - sasisitya nje izidlo ezenziwe ngononophelo, sizinandipha ngewayini ezikhethwe nguJulian ukusuka kwimidiliya yasekhaya, yosapho endleleni.
Iikhabhinethi kunye nezindlu zangasese zihlangene ngokungenakuthintelwa kodwa zibonelelwe kakuhle, nangona zineembono ezizukileyo phakathi kweebhanki ezinemithi kunye nelanga lasentwasahlobo elibengezela kumasebe, akukho namnye wethu ochitha ixesha kwiikhabhinethi zethu okanye kwigumbi lokuphumla elikhulu loluntu elineesofa kunye nezitulo ezilula, ukhetha ukonqena kumgangatho okanye ukuhamba elunxwemeni.
Uhambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa ngobusuku obuthandathu ukusuka eLe Somail ukuya eMarseillan, kumanzi anetyuwa angaphakathi eLake Thau, yayiyingxubevange kanye obunokuyilindela. Ngeentsuku ezithile kwakukho iindawo zokumisa kwilali eyozelayo ukuze sihambe sidlula kwizindlu ezindala, ezazibonakala ngathi azizange zitshintshe kumakhulu eminyaka. Kwezinye iintsuku kwakubakho uhambo lokuphuma ngeteksi ka-Anjodi, eyayivela suku ngalunye njengoko sasibophelela.
Kwidolophu ephithizelayo yephondo yaseNarbonne, sathatha ikofu kwindawo enamagqabi emva koko sajonga imarike exakekileyo. E-Bezier siye sahambahamba kwiziko lakudala, sigcinwe ngononophelo kunye nezakhiwo ezininzi ezisemakhaya, kwaye eMinerve, sajonga phantsi kwimiwonyo enzulu yekalika ejikeleze idolophu njengoko umqhubi wethu ongumFrentshi kunye nomkhokeli wethu uLaurent wasixelela ngembali yokuphalazwa kwegazi edolophini, kukungqinga. , nemvukelo eyanwenwela emva kwiminyaka engama-700 nangaphezulu. Kwenye indawo yokumisa ilali, sabona umgama weePyrenees ezigqunywe likhephu.
Uhambo oluya eCarcassonne lwalumangalisa nje - ukusuka kumgama onqumla emaphandleni, idolophu eyayibiyelwe ngeendonga kunye nee-turrets zayo ezininzi zazijongeka ngendlela ekumele ukuba zavela ngayo xa kwakusakhiwa idolophu yamaxesha aphakathi. Ngaphakathi kweendonga naphezu kweekhefi kunye neevenkile zabakhenkethi ezingenakuthintelwa, umoya wawusele uyidolophu enqatyisiweyo, iinqaba zayo ezinkulu zamatye zinokuxhathisa ngoku naluphi na uhlaselo.
Njengoko sasihamba kumanzi azolileyo, ngokuqhelekileyo kudlula ezinye iinqanawa ezimbalwa, abakhweli babencokola yaye uLauren wayeqinisekisa ukuba sifumana izimuncumuncu, ikofu, iziselo ezibandayo, okanye ngaphambi kwesidlo sasemini, iglasi yewayini. Ngenye imini, isibini samaqabane ethu aseOstreliya sahlola “imimandla esemaphandleni” yaseFransi ngeebhayisekile, yaye kwenye, sema ukuze sibone amahashe asendle eCamargue. Sonke besinokuhlala ixesha elide.
I-Anjodi yenye yeenqanawa zase-European Waterways ezihamba phezu kwemilambo kunye nemijelo yaseFransi, eItali, eHolani naseBelgium, kunye nohambo lwase-UK ecaleni kweThames, iCaledonian Canal, iScottish Highlands, kunye nomlambo wase-Ireland uShannon. Kuba zithwala abakhweli aba-4 ukuya kwabali-13 kuphela, zikulungele ukuqesha abantu kwimibhiyozo neeholide zeentsapho, yaye kunokwenzeka ukuba izikhephe ezimbini zihambe kunye kumaqela amakhulu. Ukusuka e-UK kukho ukufikelela emoyeni ukuya eMontpellier, eMarseille, kunye nezikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezincinci zeBeziers, Carcassonne, kunye neeTours, okanye iholide inokudityaniswa kunye nokuhlala ixesha elide kumazantsi eFransi ngokubhabha ukuya eNice okanye eLyon.
Kukho iinkonzo zikaloliwe ezilungileyo ezidibanisa i-Eurostar kunye nenkonzo kaloliwe yesizwe yaseFransi esebenzayo ukuya eAvignon ukuya phambili ukuya eMontpellier. Konke okubandakanyayo, ukuhamba ngenqanawa kuphela kwi-Anjodi, kubandakanya zonke izidlo, iwayini, ibha evulekileyo, kunye nazo zonke iihambo, iindleko ezisuka kwi-£2,250 ngomntu ngamnye, ngokusekelwe kukuhlala kabini. Iinkcukacha ezipheleleyo ziyafumaneka kwi-www.GoBarging.com nangona iarhente oyikhethayo iya kukuphatha ngokufanelekileyo konke ukubhukisha ngenqanawa kunye nomoya/uloliwe/uhambo lwendlela kunye namalungiselelo okudluliselwa kwakho.
